Frequent coconut milk intake increases the risk of vascular disease in adults
Background Coconut milk is an essential ingredient of the Indonesian cuisine. In view of its saturated fatty acid content, coconut milk has frequently been blamed as a cause of cardiovascular disease. The objective of this study was to determine any association between coconut milk intake and vasc...
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Coconut milk is an essential ingredient of the Indonesian cuisine. In view of its saturated fatty acid content, coconut milk has frequently been blamed as a cause of cardiovascular disease. The objective of this study was to determine any association between coconut milk intake and vascular disease among adults.
Methods
A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2011-2012 on adults aged 25-65 years. Self-reported health and nutritional data were collected by means of questionnaire-based interviews, with the aid of 3-D food models. Medical data comprised blood pressure and anthropometry (waist circumference and body mass index), neurological status, ECG, blood glucose and lipid profile. Data analysis was done using multiple logistic regression.
Results
A total of 4,187 respondents fullfilled the inclusion criteria. Frequent coconut milk intake (>3 times/week) significantly increased the risk of vascular disease by 1.3-fold compared with infrequent coconut milk intake (<2 times/week) (OR=1.33; 95% CI: 1.11-1.60; p=0.002) after controlling for age, gender, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and stress. The influence of coconut milk intake on vascular disease risk was lower than that of age, gender, hypertension and diabetes mellitus.
Conclusion
Frequent coconut milk intake increased the risk of vascular disease in adults. Further investigations are needed about the effect of coconut milk intake on noncommunicable diseases. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-719ec12d6ba84749b122619fb376a56e2022-12-22T02:00:54ZengFaculty of Medicine Trisakti UniversityUniversa Medicina1907-30622015-08-0134214915810.18051/Univmed.2015.v34.149Frequent coconut milk intake increases the risk of vascular disease in adultsSulistyowati Tuminah0Marice Sihombing1Center for Community Health Intervention Technology, Health Research and Development Board, Ministry of Health, Republic of IndonesiaCenter for Clinical Epidemiology and Applied Health Technology, Health Research and Development Board, Ministry of Health, Republic of IndonesiaBackground Coconut milk is an essential ingredient of the Indonesian cuisine. In view of its saturated fatty acid content, coconut milk has frequently been blamed as a cause of cardiovascular disease. The objective of this study was to determine any association between coconut milk intake and vascular disease among adults. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2011-2012 on adults aged 25-65 years. Self-reported health and nutritional data were collected by means of questionnaire-based interviews, with the aid of 3-D food models. Medical data comprised blood pressure and anthropometry (waist circumference and body mass index), neurological status, ECG, blood glucose and lipid profile. Data analysis was done using multiple logistic regression. Results A total of 4,187 respondents fullfilled the inclusion criteria. Frequent coconut milk intake (>3 times/week) significantly increased the risk of vascular disease by 1.3-fold compared with infrequent coconut milk intake (<2 times/week) (OR=1.33; 95% CI: 1.11-1.60; p=0.002) after controlling for age, gender, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and stress. The influence of coconut milk intake on vascular disease risk was lower than that of age, gender, hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Conclusion Frequent coconut milk intake increased the risk of vascular disease in adults. Further investigations are needed about the effect of coconut milk intake on noncommunicable diseases.http://www.univmed.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Sulistyowati1.pdfCoconut milk intakevascular diseaseadult |
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| title | Frequent coconut milk intake increases the risk of vascular disease in adults |
| title_full | Frequent coconut milk intake increases the risk of vascular disease in adults |
| title_fullStr | Frequent coconut milk intake increases the risk of vascular disease in adults |
| title_full_unstemmed | Frequent coconut milk intake increases the risk of vascular disease in adults |
| title_short | Frequent coconut milk intake increases the risk of vascular disease in adults |
| title_sort | frequent coconut milk intake increases the risk of vascular disease in adults |
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