Does micronutrients intake modulate the risk of coronary heart disease?
ISSN: 0034-6659
Article publication date: 26 October 2018
Issue publication date: 9 May 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between micronutrient intake and coronary heart disease (CHD) in middle-aged Jordanian participants.
Design/methodology/approach
A case-control study was conducted among patients referring for elective coronary angiography. A total of 400 patients were enrolled in this study. Face-to-face interview was used to complete food frequency questionnaire from which the authors derived usual daily intake of micronutrients. The mean age of participates was 52 years and their average BMI was 30.7 kg/m2. Multinomial logistic regression model and linear logistic regression model were used to calculate odd ratios (OR) and its 95 per cent confidence interval (CI) and p-value for trend, respectively. The association between the risk of CHD and micronutrients intake was adjusted for the age, gender, BMI, smoking, physical activity, total energy intake, occupation, education level, marital status and family history.
Findings
The study results showed no significant differences between cases and controls for dietary intakes of micronutrients, except for the intake of calcium (p < 0.005), magnesium (p < 0.025), phosphorus (p < 0.023) and potassium (p < 0.006) which were lower in cases than controls. Although no significant trend was observed between most of the dietary intake of micronutrients and the risk of developing CHD, a significant protective effect of magnesium [OR 0.52; 95 per cent CI (0.29-0.95)], phosphorus [OR 0.44; 95 per cent CI (0.24-0.80)] and potassium [OR 0.41; 95 per cent CI (0.22-0.74)] against the risk of CHD was detected.
Originality/value
The findings from this study provide strong evidence that the intake of micronutrients such as calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and potassium has no significant associations with the risk of CHD.
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Acknowledgements
The authors thank their patients who participated in the study and the hospital management for facilitating the data collection.
Citation
Azab, M., Al-Shudifat, A.-E., Agraib, L., Allehdan, S. and Tayyem, R. (2019), "Does micronutrients intake modulate the risk of coronary heart disease?", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 49 No. 3, pp. 368-380. https://doi.org/10.1108/NFS-06-2018-0176
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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