Relationship between lifestyle and serum lipid and lipoprotein levels in middle-aged Japanese men

Citation
N. Nakanishi et al., Relationship between lifestyle and serum lipid and lipoprotein levels in middle-aged Japanese men, EUR J EPID, 15(4), 1999, pp. 341-348
Citations number
45
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Envirnomentale Medicine & Public Health","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
ISSN journal
0393-2990 → ACNP
Volume
15
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
341 - 348
Database
ISI
SICI code
0393-2990(199904)15:4<341:RBLASL>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Cross-sectional associations between lifestyle factors [cigarette smoking, alcohol intake, overall obesity indicated by body mass index (BMT), eating breakfast, snacking between meals, considering nutritional balance, coffee drinking, physical exercise, and hours of work and sleep] and serum lipid a nd lipoprotein levels were examined in 1580 middle-aged Japanese men in Osa ka, Japan. From stepwise regression analyses, significant correlates with l ow-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) ch olesterol, and Log triglyceride levels were, in the order of relative impor tance: BMI, alcohol intake (negative), and age for LDL cholesterol level; B MI (negative), cigarette smoking (negative), alcohol intake, considering nu tritional balance, and physical exercise for HDL cholesterol level; and BMI , cigarette smoking, working hours (negative), considering nutritional bala nce (negative), alcohol intake, and coffee drinking (negative) for Log trig lyceride level. The cumulative percentages of variation for LDL cholesterol , HDL cholesterol and Log triglyceride levels were 4.2%, 15.4% and 14.7%, r espectively. From stepwise regression analyses, excluding BMI as a factor i n the model, snacking between meals emerged as a significant factor for LDL cholesterol level and HDL cholesterol level (negative). The cumulative per centage of variation for each serum lipid and lipoprotein level was decreas ed (1.5% for LDL cholesterol, 6.8% for HDL cholesterol, and 3.1% for Log tr iglyceride). These results suggest that BMI has the strongest association w ith serum lipid and lipoprotein levels and that good daily lifestyles may h ave an anti-atherogenic effect by altering serum lipid and lipoprotein leve ls in middle-aged Japanese men.