{"title":"Role of omega-3 fatty acids in reducing proteinuria: A systematic review and meta-analysis.","authors":"Liangyu Fei, Rizhen Huang, Zhong Li","doi":"10.6133/apjcn.202409_33(3).0003","DOIUrl":"10.6133/apjcn.202409_33(3).0003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>Proteinuria, a hallmark of renal and systemic disorders, is associated with adverse outcomes, especially in chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease. Omega-3 fatty acids have garnered attention for their cardiovascular benefits and potential therapeutic effects on proteinuria. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the impact of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on proteinuria levels across various kidney-related conditions.</p><p><strong>Methods and study design: </strong>Studies published from 1989 to 2023 were systematically identified, including randomized controlled trials, cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies. Nine studies involving a total of 347 participants were included in the analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The meta-analysis revealed a neutral overall effect size of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on proteinuria levels, assessed under both common and random effect models. Despite the lack of statistically significant evidence supporting the efficacy of omega-3 fatty acids in reducing proteinuria, the variability in interventions and patient populations suggests potential individual responses.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The find-ings highlight the heterogeneity in responses to omega-3 fatty acid supplementation and emphasize the need for cautious interpretation. While no definitive conclusion can be drawn, the results underscore the importance of targeted research focusing on specific subgroups or conditions that may benefit from omega-3 supplementation. These findings contribute to the evolving understanding of personalized kidney health strategies and pave the way for further exploration and optimization of omega-3 fatty acids' therapeutic applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":8486,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition","volume":"33 3","pages":"313-318"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11389805/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141533443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dietary calcium intake at breakfast is associated with a lower risk of cognitive impairment than at dinner in Chinese adults: the CHNS cohort study.","authors":"Shuli Ma, Jie Ge, Xiaoting Chen, Zhe Chen, Yunfeng Han, Zhiping Xie, Jiaxin Chen, Hang Dai, Qiong Xiao, Liang Xu, Yuehui Jia","doi":"10.6133/apjcn.202409_33(3).0011","DOIUrl":"10.6133/apjcn.202409_33(3).0011","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>If the proportion of calcium intake over a whole day is related to the risk of cognitive impairment in adults is still largely unknown. This research aimed to examine the relation of dietary calcium intake at dinner versus breakfast with the risk of cognitive impairment by using data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS).</p><p><strong>Methods and study design: </strong>A total of 2,099 participants (including 668 cognitive impairment) in the CHNS (1997-2006) were included. The participants were categorized into 5 groups in accordance with the ratio of dietary calcium intake at dinner and breakfast (Δ = dinner/breakfast). After adjustment was conducted for a series of confounding factors, Cox hazard regression modelling was performed to discuss the relation of Δ with cognitive impairment. Dietary substitution models were used to explore the changes in cognitive impairment risk when a 5% dietary calcium intake at dinner was replaced with dietary calcium intake at breakfast.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants in the highest distribution of Δ showed a greater susceptibility to cognitive impairment than those in the lowest quintile, with an adjusted hazard ratio of cognitive impairment of 1.38 (95% CI: 1.08-1.76). When maintaining total calcium intake, substituting 5% of dietary calcium intake at dinner with calcium intake at breakfast was related to an 8% decrease in the risk of cognitive impairment.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Higher dietary calcium intake at dinner was associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment, emphasizing the importance of appropriately distributing dietary calcium intake between breakfast and dinner.</p>","PeriodicalId":8486,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition","volume":"33 3","pages":"405-412"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11397565/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141533408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The association between dietary patterns before pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus: a matched case-control study in China.","authors":"Xinxin Li, Ting Kang, Zhenwei Cui, Yacong Bo, Yanhui Liu, Amin Ullah, Xiangying Suo, HuaNan Chen, Quanjun Lyu","doi":"10.6133/apjcn.202409_33(3).0013","DOIUrl":"10.6133/apjcn.202409_33(3).0013","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>We aimed to explore the relationship between dietary patterns and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) during pre-pregnancy six months using principal component analysis (PCA) and the geometric framework for nutrition (GFN).</p><p><strong>Methods and study design: </strong>We conducted a case-control study that included 210 GDM pregnant women and 210 controls. The dietary intake of all participants was assessed by a validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ). Major dietary patterns were extracted by PCA. A conditional logistic regression model was used to determine whether specific dietary patterns are associated with the risk of GDM. Meanwhile, the relationship between dietary patterns and GDM was visualized using GFN.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Four major dietary patterns were identified: \"protein-rich pattern,\" \"plant-based pattern,\" \"oil-pickles-desserts pattern,\" and \"cereals-nuts pattern.\" After adjustment for confounders, the \"plant-based pattern\" was associated with decreased risk of GDM (Q4 vs. Q1: OR = 0.01, 95% CI: 0.00-0.08), whereas no significant association was found in other dietary patterns. Moreover, there was no dietary intake of ice cream cones and deep-fried dough sticks for the population, which would produce fewer patients with GDM. Deep-fried dough sticks had statistically significant differences in the case and control groups (p < 0.001), while ice cream cones had the opposite result.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The \"plant-based pattern\" may reduce the risk of GDM. Besides, although the \"cereals-nuts pattern\" had no association with GDM risk, avoiding the intake of deep-fried dough sticks could decrease GDM risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":8486,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition","volume":"33 3","pages":"424-436"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11389817/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141533444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vitamin D and CRP are associated in hospitalized inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients in Shanghai.","authors":"Fangfang Song, Juntao Lu, Zhiqi Chen, Yiquan Zhou, Zhijun Cao, Renying Xu","doi":"10.6133/apjcn.202409_33(3).0007","DOIUrl":"10.6133/apjcn.202409_33(3).0007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are more likely to be confirmed with vitamin D deficiency. However, the association between inflammation and vitamin D remains unclear. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between inflammation and vitamin D in hospitalized patients with IBD.</p><p><strong>Methods and study design: </strong>All the participants were recruited from one teaching hospital from June 2018 to October 2022. Inflammation was evaluated by serum concentration of C-reactive protein (CRP), using an immunoturbidimetric method at admission. We further divided the participants into five groups based on serum CRP levels: <5, 5-9.9, 10-19.9, 20-39.9, and >40mg/L. Serum 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25-(OH)-D) was assessed by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry. Addi-tional information, including age, sex, body mass index (BMI), IBD (ulcerative colitis vs. Crohn's disease) subtype, was abstracted from medical records.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This study included 1,989 patients with IBD (average age was 39.4 years, 33.8% of them were women, 1,365 CD and 624 UC patients). The median CRP was 5.49 mg/L (range of quartiles: 1.64~19.5 mg/L) and the prevalence of 25-(OH)-D deficiency was 69.8%. CRP was significantly associated with serum level of 25-(OH)-D. The difference in 25-(OH)-D was -4.28 ng/ml (-5.27 ng/ml, -3.31 ng/ml) between two extremist CRP groups after adjustment of potential covariates (age, sex, BMI, type of IBD, dietary type, season, and lymphocyte count). Subgroup analysis in sex, type of IBD, and age, were similar to the main analysis results.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There was a negative association between CRP levels and vitamin D in hospitalized patients with IBD.</p>","PeriodicalId":8486,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition","volume":"33 3","pages":"370-380"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11397569/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141533446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yingye Tu, Yuting Liu, Xuan Zhang, Xinyu Wang, Guoping Yin
{"title":"Mendelian randomization study to assess causality between diet and phenotype of aging.","authors":"Yingye Tu, Yuting Liu, Xuan Zhang, Xinyu Wang, Guoping Yin","doi":"10.6133/apjcn.202409_33(3).0008","DOIUrl":"10.6133/apjcn.202409_33(3).0008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>Observational research findings have demonstrated correlations between diet and the process of aging. Nevertheless, there remains uncertainty regarding possible disruption caused by confounding variables. To elucidate the connections between diet and aging, we employed the Mendelian randomization analysis.</p><p><strong>Methods and study design: </strong>The exposure factor was the daily diet, whereas accelerated aging was measured through telomere length, facial aging (FA), frailty index (FI), and senescence-associated secretory phenotypes (SASPs), representing the outcome factors. The primary analysis employed IVW analysis, with additional MR-Egger and Weighted Median analyses conducted to assess the reliability of the findings. Furthermore, we analyzed the heterogeneity and pleiotropy of the results.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results revealed that the consumption of salad/raw vegetables and oily fish exhibited a negative correlation with FA, whereas coffee intake showed a positive correlation with FA. On the other hand, the intake of cheese, oily fish, dried fruit, and cereal showed negative associations with FI. Additionally, coffee, alcohol, and pork intake were positively associated with FI. Lastly, the intake of bread exhibited a positively correlated with SASPs, while the intake of cheese and coffee showed a negative correlation with SASPs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our study revealed that the consumption of cheese, vegetables, oily fish, dried fruit, bread, coffee, and alcohol was associated with the aging process. Interestingly, our findings suggest that coffee intake may accelerate aging, whereas intake of oily fish may delay the aging process. However, it is important to note that further well-designed prospective studies are required to validate our findings in the future.</p>","PeriodicalId":8486,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition","volume":"33 3","pages":"381-388"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11397567/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141533440","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhengmei Fang, Lijun Zhu, Yan Chen, Yuelong Jin, Yingshui Yao
{"title":"Elevated remnant cholesterol was associated with the increased metabolically unhealthy obesity risk in Chinese youth.","authors":"Zhengmei Fang, Lijun Zhu, Yan Chen, Yuelong Jin, Yingshui Yao","doi":"10.6133/apjcn.202409_33(3).0009","DOIUrl":"10.6133/apjcn.202409_33(3).0009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>Metabolically unhealthy obesity is characterized by the presence of cardiovascular metabolic risks such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, and hyperglycemia. Research has shown a correlation between remnant cholesterol (RC) concentrations and abdominal obesity in children. However, the effect of RC concentration on metabolically unhealthy obesity remains unclear.</p><p><strong>Methods and study design: </strong>This study included 3114 Chinese adolescents who received health check-ups. We used logistic regression models and receiver operating characteristic analysis to evaluate the correlation between RC concentration and metabolically unhealthy obesity in a cross-sectional design.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After controlling for possible confounding variables, we found that individuals in the top and fourth quintiles of RC concentrations had a significantly higher likelihood of developing metabolically unhealthy obesity compared to those in the bottom quintile (ORs, 4.810 and 1.836; 95% CIs, 3.209-7.212 and 1.167-2.890, respectively). The risk of metabolically unhealthy obesity tended to increase with RC concentration (ptrend<0.001). In addition, boys showed positive associations between RC concentration and both BMI (r = 0.305, p<0.001) and waist circumference (r = 0.306, p<0.001). According to the analysis, the predictive accuracy of metabolically unhealthy obesity was 0.736 (95% CI, 0.690-0.781) for boys and 0.630 (95% CI, 0.573-0.687) for girls. The ideal prediction threshold was 0.66 for boys and 0.59 for girls.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our findings indicate that elevated RC concen-tration is linked to a higher likelihood of developing metabolically unhealthy obesity in young individuals, regardless of other known risk factors.</p>","PeriodicalId":8486,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition","volume":"33 3","pages":"389-396"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11397563/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141533410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yangting Zhao, Chongyang Chen, Xiaoyu Lv, Kai Li, Yawen Wang, Dengrong Ma, Xiaohui Zan, Mei Han, Xinyuan Guo, Songbo Fu, Jingfang Liu
{"title":"Association of geriatric nutritional risk index with bone mineral density and osteoporosis in postmenopausal elderly women with T2DM.","authors":"Yangting Zhao, Chongyang Chen, Xiaoyu Lv, Kai Li, Yawen Wang, Dengrong Ma, Xiaohui Zan, Mei Han, Xinyuan Guo, Songbo Fu, Jingfang Liu","doi":"10.6133/apjcn.202409_33(3).0014","DOIUrl":"10.6133/apjcn.202409_33(3).0014","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>To investigate the relationship between geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI) and osteoporosis (OP) in postmenopausal elderly women with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).</p><p><strong>Methods and study design: </strong>A total of 141 postmenopausal elderly women with T2DM was divided into OP and normal bone mineral density (BMD) groups, the differences in GRNI levels between the two groups were compared. According to the tertile levels of GRNI, T2DM were divided into three groups (T1, T2, T3 groups), and the differences in OP prevalence and levels of BMD among the three groups were compared.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among postmenopausal elderly women with T2DM, GNRI levels were lower in the OP group compared to the nor-mal BMD group [(103±5.46) vs. (105±5.46), p<0.05)]. With elevated GNRI levels, the BMD levels of femoral, total hip, total body, and lumbar vertebrae (L) were gradually increased, which were higher in the T3 group than in the T1 group (all p< 0.05). GNRI levels were positively correlated with the BMD levels of femoral, spine, total hip, total body, L1, L2, L3, L4, and L1-L4. GNRI was an independent influencing factor for the occurrence of OP (OR=0.887, 95%CI [0.795,0.988]). The ROC curve showed that the GNRI combined with serum ALP and P levels had a high predictive value for OP, with an area under the curve of 0.725 (p<0.01).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In postmenopausal elderly women with T2DM, GNRI was independently and positively correlated with BMD levels. GNRI may be a predictor development of OP.</p>","PeriodicalId":8486,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition","volume":"33 3","pages":"437-446"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11389801/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141533406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chuanjing Chen, Jianhong Dong, Haihong Liu, Teng Ma, Yongye Sun
{"title":"Associations between dietary iron intake from different sources and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in adults.","authors":"Chuanjing Chen, Jianhong Dong, Haihong Liu, Teng Ma, Yongye Sun","doi":"10.6133/apjcn.202409_33(3).0012","DOIUrl":"10.6133/apjcn.202409_33(3).0012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has become a worldwide public health problem. Current evidence on the association between dietary iron intake and the risk of NAFLD is limited. The present study aimed to investigate the associations of animal-derived dietary iron (ADDI) intake, plant-derived dietary iron (PDDI) intake, and the ratio of PDDI:ADDI with NAFLD risk among U.S. adult population.</p><p><strong>Methods and study design: </strong>This was a repeated cross-sectional study. Data were collected from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2007-2018. NAFLD was defined as a United States Fatty Lives Index ≥30, and dietary iron intake was assessed through two 24-h dietary recall in-terviews. Logistic regression and restricted cubic spline models were applied to examine the associations between dietary iron intake from different sources and NAFLD risk.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 9478 participants aged ≥20 years were enrolled in the present study. After adjustment for multiple confounding factors, relative to the lowest quartile, the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of NAFLD for the highest quartile was 1.01(95% CI, 0.82-1.24) for ADDI intake, 0.82 (95% CI, 0.64-0.99) for PDDI intake, and 1.00 (95% CI, 0.81-1.24) for the PDDI: ADDI intake ratio. In stratified analysis by sex and age, the significantly negative associations of PDDI intake with NAFLD was observed in women and participants older than 45 years. Dose-response analyses indicated that NAFLD was negatively associated with PDDI intake in a non-linear manner.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>PDDI intake was negatively associated with NAFLD in U.S. adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":8486,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition","volume":"33 3","pages":"413-423"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11389813/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141533407","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of dietary inflammatory index on gestational diabetes mellitus in normal and overweight women: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.","authors":"Ru-Lin Liu, Xiao-Qian Chen, Qing-Xiang Zheng, Jia-Ning Li, Yu Zhu, Ling Huang, Yu-Qing Pan, Xiu-Min Jiang","doi":"10.6133/apjcn.202409_33(3).0002","DOIUrl":"10.6133/apjcn.202409_33(3).0002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>To systematically investigate the association between the dietary inflammatory index (DII) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), with a focus on the role of BMI in this relationship.</p><p><strong>Methods and study design: </strong>A comprehensive search was conducted in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, The Cochrane Library, Medline, CINAHL Complete, Chinese Periodical Full-text Database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, and China Wanfang Database for rele-vant observational studies published up to August 2023. The quality of the included studies was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. The pooled effect size was calculated using a random-effects model. Sub-group and meta-regression analyses were performed to explore potential sources of heterogeneity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study included 54,058 participants from 10 studies. Pregnant women with a higher DII, indicating a pro-inflammatory diet, had a significantly increased risk of GDM compared to those with a lower DII, indicating an anti-inflammatory diet (pooled OR: 1.17, 95% CI: 1.01-1.36; I²=70%, p <0.001). Subgroup analyses revealed a stronger association in normal weight stratification (OR: 1.25, 95%CI: 1.04-1.51), case-control studies (OR: 1.45, 95%CI: 1.03-2.05), Asia (OR: 1.26, 95%CI: 1.10-1.43), Europe (OR: 1.27, 95%CI: 1.09-1.48), 3-day dietary record as a dietary assessment tool (OR: 1.30, 95%CI: 1.16-1.46), physical activity adjustment (OR: 1.28, 95%CI: 1.13-1.46), and energy intake adjustment (OR: 1.33, 95%CI: 1.19-1.48). Meta-regression analysis confirmed that geographical region significantly influenced heterogeneity between studies (p <0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>An elevated DII is independently linked to a higher risk of GDM, especially in women of normal weight.</p>","PeriodicalId":8486,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition","volume":"33 3","pages":"298-312"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11389818/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141533411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tao Tan, Anqi Song, Molian Tang, Jialu Wang, Yi Feng, Renying Xu
{"title":"The relationship between Glasgow Prognostic Score and hospital duration in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases.","authors":"Tao Tan, Anqi Song, Molian Tang, Jialu Wang, Yi Feng, Renying Xu","doi":"10.6133/apjcn.202409_33(3).0006","DOIUrl":"10.6133/apjcn.202409_33(3).0006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and objectives: </strong>Both hypoalbuminemia and inflammation were common in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), however, the combination of the two parameters on hospital duration re-mained unknown.</p><p><strong>Methods and study design: </strong>This is a retrospective two-centre study performed in two tertiary hospitals in Shanghai, China. Serum levels of C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and albumin (ALB) were measured within 2 days of admission. Glasgow prognostic score (GPS), based on CRP and ALB, was calculated as follows: point \"0\" as CRP <10 mg/L and ALB ≥35 g/L; point \"1\" as either CRP ≥10 mg/L or ALB <35 g/L; point \"2\" as CRP ≥10 mg/L and ALB <35 g/L. Patients with point \"0\" were classified as low-risk while point \"2\" as high-risk. Length of hospital stay (LOS) was defined as the interval between admission and discharge.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The proportion of low-risk and high-risk was 69.3% and 10.5% respectively among 3,009 patients (65% men). GPS was associated with LOS [β=6.2 d; 95% CI (confidence interval): 4.0 d, 8.4 d] after adjustment of potential co-variates. Each point of GPS was associated with 2.9 days (95% CI: 1.9 d, 3.9 d; ptrend<0.001) longer in fully adjusted model. The association was stronger in patients with low prealbumin levels, hypocalcaemia, and hypokalaemia relative to their counterparts.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>GPS was associated with LOS in IBD patients. Our results highlighted that GPS could serve as a convenient prognostic tool associated with nutritional status and clinical outcome.</p>","PeriodicalId":8486,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition","volume":"33 3","pages":"362-369"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11397560/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141533445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}