Author, as appears in the article.: Larrosa S; Luque V; Grote V; Closa-Monasterolo R; Ferré N; Koletzko B; Verduci E; Gruszfeld D; Xhonneux A; Escribano J

Department: Medicina i Cirurgia

URV's Author/s: Closa Monasterolo, Ricardo / Escribano Subías, Joaquín / Ferre Pallas, Natalia / Luque Moreno, Verònica

Keywords: Soluble fibre Resistant starch Insoluble fibre Fibre food sources Dietary fibre Children Cardiovascular risk

Abstract: © 2020 by the authors. Li-censee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Background: We aimed at analysing the association between dietary fibre intake during childhood and cardiovascular health markers. Methods: We used observational longitudinal analysis and recorded diet using 3-day diaries at the ages of 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 years in children from the EU Childhood Obesity Project Trial. At the age of 8, waist circumference, systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP) and biochemical analyses (lipoproteins, triglycerides and homeostasis model for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR)) were evaluated. Those parameters were combined into a cardiometabolic risk score through the sum of their internal z-scores. Results: Four-hundred children (51.8% girls) attended to the 8-year visit with a 3-day diary. Adjusted linear regression models showed that children who repeatedly stayed in the lowest tertile of fibre intake during childhood had higher HOMA-IR (p = 0.004), higher cardiometabolic risk score (p = 0.02) and a nonsignificant trend toward a higher SBP at 8 years. The higher the dietary intake of soluble fibre (from fruits and vegetables) at 8 years, the lower the HOMA-IR and the cardiometabolic risk score (p = 0.002; p = 0.004). SBP was directly associated with fibre from potatoes and inversely with fibre from nuts and pulses. Conclusion: A diet rich in dietary fibre from fruits, vegetables, pulses and nuts from early childhood was associated to a healthier cardiovascular profile, regardless of children’s weight.

Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Química Psicología Planejamento urbano e regional / demografia Nutrition and dietetics Nutrition & dietetics Nutrição Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Interdisciplinar Food science Farmacia Engenharias iv Engenharias ii Enfermagem Educação física Economia Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Biotecnología

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Author's mail: veronica.luque@urv.cat joaquin.escribano@urv.cat natalia.ferre@urv.cat ricardo.closa@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0003-2615-8175 0000-0002-5041-459X 0000-0002-2838-1525 0000-0002-9963-4163

Record's date: 2023-02-19

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/13/1/12

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Nutrients. 13 (1): 1-14

APA: Larrosa S; Luque V; Grote V; Closa-Monasterolo R; Ferré N; Koletzko B; Verduci E; Gruszfeld D; Xhonneux A; Escribano J (2021). Fibre intake is associated with cardiovascular health in european children. Nutrients, 13(1), 1-14. DOI: 10.3390/nu13010012

Article's DOI: 10.3390/nu13010012

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2021

Publication Type: Journal Publications