Excess of weight and ingestion of low diet quality in patients with pulmonary hypertension: a different profile of lung disease patient

Background: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is characterized by elevated blood pressure in the pulmonary artery. The literature is still scarce about nutritional approaches to this disease. However, is well known that high diet quality has a beneficial impact on quality of life, progression, and mortali...

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Main Authors: Camila Coutinho Ávila, Priscila Berti Zanella, Marcelo Basso Gazzana, Danilo Cortozi Berton, Carolina Guerini de Souza
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Language:Portuguese
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Pesquisa e Ensino em Fisiologia do Exercício 2022-03-01
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author Camila Coutinho Ávila
Priscila Berti Zanella
Marcelo Basso Gazzana
Danilo Cortozi Berton
Carolina Guerini de Souza
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Priscila Berti Zanella
Marcelo Basso Gazzana
Danilo Cortozi Berton
Carolina Guerini de Souza
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description Background: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is characterized by elevated blood pressure in the pulmonary artery. The literature is still scarce about nutritional approaches to this disease. However, is well known that high diet quality has a beneficial impact on quality of life, progression, and mortality of patients with chronic lung diseases, and this may apply to PH as well. Aims: To evaluate diet quality in patients with PH and characterize their comorbidities. Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional study with 35 patients. Body mass index, body fat, food intake, blood biochemical parameters were assessed. Diet quality was evaluated with the Healthy Eating Index (HEI) instrument. Results: The sample consisted predominantly of women (77.2%); 57.1% of the subjects were overweight or obese. Systemic arterial hypertension was the most prevalent comorbidity (28.6%), and one-third of the sample had glycemic changes and hypertriglyceridemia. Most subjects (82.9%) had low diet quality, and none had diet quality classified as good. Intake of fiber, calcium, and monounsaturated fatty acids was below current recommendations, while intake of protein and saturated fatty acids exceeded recommendations (p<0.05). Discussion and Conclusion: This sample of patients with PH was predominantly overweight/obese and had poor diet quality. The presence of chronic non-communicable diseases, altered glucose levels, and hyperlipidemia is consistent with these findings, possibly because of poor diet quality.
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spelling doaj.art-5eabbb8bb80f46099f1ea1191e9d4ce72022-12-22T02:41:15ZporInstituto Brasileiro de Pesquisa e Ensino em Fisiologia do ExercícioRevista Brasileira de Obesidade, Nutrição e Emagrecimento1981-99192022-03-01159225341602Excess of weight and ingestion of low diet quality in patients with pulmonary hypertension: a different profile of lung disease patientCamila Coutinho ÁvilaPriscila Berti ZanellaMarcelo Basso GazzanaDanilo Cortozi BertonCarolina Guerini de SouzaBackground: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is characterized by elevated blood pressure in the pulmonary artery. The literature is still scarce about nutritional approaches to this disease. However, is well known that high diet quality has a beneficial impact on quality of life, progression, and mortality of patients with chronic lung diseases, and this may apply to PH as well. Aims: To evaluate diet quality in patients with PH and characterize their comorbidities. Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional study with 35 patients. Body mass index, body fat, food intake, blood biochemical parameters were assessed. Diet quality was evaluated with the Healthy Eating Index (HEI) instrument. Results: The sample consisted predominantly of women (77.2%); 57.1% of the subjects were overweight or obese. Systemic arterial hypertension was the most prevalent comorbidity (28.6%), and one-third of the sample had glycemic changes and hypertriglyceridemia. Most subjects (82.9%) had low diet quality, and none had diet quality classified as good. Intake of fiber, calcium, and monounsaturated fatty acids was below current recommendations, while intake of protein and saturated fatty acids exceeded recommendations (p<0.05). Discussion and Conclusion: This sample of patients with PH was predominantly overweight/obese and had poor diet quality. The presence of chronic non-communicable diseases, altered glucose levels, and hyperlipidemia is consistent with these findings, possibly because of poor diet quality.http://www.rbone.com.br/index.php/rbone/article/view/1602healthy dietpulmonary hypertensionlung diseasesnutrition assessment
spellingShingle Camila Coutinho Ávila
Priscila Berti Zanella
Marcelo Basso Gazzana
Danilo Cortozi Berton
Carolina Guerini de Souza
Excess of weight and ingestion of low diet quality in patients with pulmonary hypertension: a different profile of lung disease patient
Revista Brasileira de Obesidade, Nutrição e Emagrecimento
healthy diet
pulmonary hypertension
lung diseases
nutrition assessment
title Excess of weight and ingestion of low diet quality in patients with pulmonary hypertension: a different profile of lung disease patient
title_full Excess of weight and ingestion of low diet quality in patients with pulmonary hypertension: a different profile of lung disease patient
title_fullStr Excess of weight and ingestion of low diet quality in patients with pulmonary hypertension: a different profile of lung disease patient
title_full_unstemmed Excess of weight and ingestion of low diet quality in patients with pulmonary hypertension: a different profile of lung disease patient
title_short Excess of weight and ingestion of low diet quality in patients with pulmonary hypertension: a different profile of lung disease patient
title_sort excess of weight and ingestion of low diet quality in patients with pulmonary hypertension a different profile of lung disease patient
topic healthy diet
pulmonary hypertension
lung diseases
nutrition assessment
url http://www.rbone.com.br/index.php/rbone/article/view/1602
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