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Potato consumption is not associated with elevated cardiometabolic risk in adolescent girls

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 September 2021

Ioanna Yiannakou Open the ORCID record for Ioanna Yiannakou[Opens in a new window] ,
Mengjie Yuan ,
Richard Taylor Pickering Open the ORCID record for Richard Taylor Pickering[Opens in a new window] ,
Martha R. Singer  and
Lynn L. Moore
Ioanna Yiannakou
Affiliation:
Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA Doctoral Program in Biomedical Sciences, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Mengjie Yuan
Affiliation:
Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA Doctoral Program in Biomedical Sciences, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Richard Taylor Pickering
Affiliation:
Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Martha R. Singer
Affiliation:
Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
Lynn L. Moore*
Affiliation:
Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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*Corresponding author: Lynn L. Moore, email llmoore@bu.edu
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Abstract

We examined the association between potato consumption in two different age periods during adolescence and risk of obesity and cardiometabolic dysfunction in White and Black girls. We used data from the biracial prospective National Growth and Health Study. Average potato consumption was derived from multiple 3-d food records in two age periods, 9–11 and 9–17 years, and included white and sweet potatoes from all sources. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to estimate OR for becoming overweight, developing prehypertension, elevated TAG levels or impaired fasting glucose (IFG) at 18–20 years of age according to the category of daily potato intake. We also stratified by cooking method (fried/non-fried) and race. ANCOVA was also used to estimate adjusted mean levels of BMI, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, log-transformed TAG, the TAG:HDL ratio and fasting glucose levels associated with potato intake category. Higher potato consumption was associated with higher fruit and non-starchy vegetable intakes and higher Healthy Eating Index scores in Black girls. There were no statistically significant associations overall between moderate or higher (v. lower) intakes of potatoes and risks of overweight, prehypertension, elevated fasting TAG, high TAG:HDL ratio or IFG. Also, no adverse associations were found between fried or non-fried potato intake and cardiometabolic outcomes. Potato consumption has been the subject of much controversy in recent years. This study adds evidence that potato consumption among healthy girls during the critical period of adolescence was not associated with cardiometabolic risk.

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PotatoesCardiometabolic riskCohort studyAdolescent girlsNutritional EpidemiologyRace
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British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 128 , Issue 3 , 14 August 2022 , pp. 521 - 530
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Nutrition Society

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