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Changes in bread consumption and 4-year changes in adiposity in Spanish subjects at high cardiovascular risk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 December 2012

I. Bautista-Castaño
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, PO Box 550, 35080Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain RETIC Alimentación saludable en la prevención primaria de enfermedades crónicas: la Red Predimed (RD06/0045), Spain
A. Sánchez-Villegas
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, PO Box 550, 35080Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain RETIC Alimentación saludable en la prevención primaria de enfermedades crónicas: la Red Predimed (RD06/0045), Spain
R. Estruch
Affiliation:
RETIC Alimentación saludable en la prevención primaria de enfermedades crónicas: la Red Predimed (RD06/0045), Spain Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain Ciber Fisiopatologia de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III,Madrid, Spain
M. A. Martínez-González
Affiliation:
RETIC Alimentación saludable en la prevención primaria de enfermedades crónicas: la Red Predimed (RD06/0045), Spain Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
D. Corella
Affiliation:
Ciber Fisiopatologia de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III,Madrid, Spain Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
J. Salas-Salvadó
Affiliation:
RETIC Alimentación saludable en la prevención primaria de enfermedades crónicas: la Red Predimed (RD06/0045), Spain Ciber Fisiopatologia de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III,Madrid, Spain Human Nutrition Department, School of Medicine, University Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
M. I. Covas
Affiliation:
Ciber Fisiopatologia de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III,Madrid, Spain Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition Research Group, IMIM – Institut de Recerca del Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
H. Schroder
Affiliation:
Ciber Fisiopatologia de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III,Madrid, Spain Cardiovascular Risk and Nutrition Research Group, IMIM – Institut de Recerca del Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
J. Alvarez-Pérez
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, PO Box 550, 35080Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain RETIC Alimentación saludable en la prevención primaria de enfermedades crónicas: la Red Predimed (RD06/0045), Spain
J. Quilez
Affiliation:
Ciber Fisiopatologia de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III,Madrid, Spain Human Nutrition Department, School of Medicine, University Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain
R. M. Lamuela-Raventós
Affiliation:
RETIC Alimentación saludable en la prevención primaria de enfermedades crónicas: la Red Predimed (RD06/0045), Spain Ciber Fisiopatologia de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III,Madrid, Spain Department of Nutrition and Bromatology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
E. Ros
Affiliation:
Ciber Fisiopatologia de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III,Madrid, Spain Lipid Clinic, Endocrinology and Nutrition Service, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
F. Arós
Affiliation:
RETIC Alimentación saludable en la prevención primaria de enfermedades crónicas: la Red Predimed (RD06/0045), Spain Department of Cardiology, Hospital Txagorritxu, Vitoria, Spain
M. Fiol
Affiliation:
Ciber Fisiopatologia de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III,Madrid, Spain University Institute for Health Sciences Investigation, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
J. Lapetra
Affiliation:
Ciber Fisiopatologia de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III,Madrid, Spain Department of Family Medicine, Primary Care Division of Sevilla, San Pablo Health Center, Sevilla, Spain
M. A. Muñoz
Affiliation:
Ciber Fisiopatologia de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III,Madrid, Spain Primary Health Care Division and Research, IDIAP-Jordi Gol, Barcelona, Spain
E. Gómez-Gracia
Affiliation:
RETIC Alimentación saludable en la prevención primaria de enfermedades crónicas: la Red Predimed (RD06/0045), Spain Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Málaga, Málaga, Spain
J. Tur
Affiliation:
RETIC Alimentación saludable en la prevención primaria de enfermedades crónicas: la Red Predimed (RD06/0045), Spain Research Group on Community Nutrition and Oxidative Stress, University of Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
X. Pintó
Affiliation:
RETIC Alimentación saludable en la prevención primaria de enfermedades crónicas: la Red Predimed (RD06/0045), Spain Internal Medicine Service, Hospital of Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
V. Ruiz-Gutierrez
Affiliation:
Instituto de la Grasa, CSIC, Sevilla, Spain
M. P. Portillo-Baquedano
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, University of the Basc Country, Bilbao, Spain
L. Serra-Majem*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, PO Box 550, 35080Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain RETIC Alimentación saludable en la prevención primaria de enfermedades crónicas: la Red Predimed (RD06/0045), Spain
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*Corresponding author: L. Serra-Majem, email lserra@dcc.ulpgc.es
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Abstract

The effects of bread consumption change over time on anthropometric measures have been scarcely studied. We analysed 2213 participants at high risk for CVD from the PREvención con DIeta MEDiterránea (PREDIMED) trial to assess the association between changes in the consumption of bread and weight and waist circumference gain over time. Dietary habits were assessed with validated FFQ at baseline and repeatedly every year during 4 years of follow-up. Using multivariate models to adjust for covariates, long-term weight and waist circumference changes according to quartiles of change in energy-adjusted white and whole-grain bread consumption were calculated. The present results showed that over 4 years, participants in the highest quartile of change in white bread intake gained 0·76 kg more than those in the lowest quartile (P for trend = 0·003) and 1·28 cm more than those in the lowest quartile (P for trend < 0·001). No significant dose–response relationships were observed for change in whole-bread consumption and anthropometric measures. Gaining weight (>2 kg) and gaining waist circumference (>2 cm) during follow-up was not associated with increase in bread consumption, but participants in the highest quartile of changes in white bread intake had a reduction of 33 % in the odds of losing weight (>2 kg) and a reduction of 36 % in the odds of losing waist circumference (>2 cm). The present results suggest that reducing white bread, but not whole-grain bread consumption, within a Mediterranean-style food pattern setting is associated with lower gains in weight and abdominal fat.

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Fig. 1 Flow-chart of participants: the PREverción con DIeta MEDiterránea trial.

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Table 1 Main characteristics of the participants at baseline and across extreme quartiles (Q) of 4-year changes in bread consumption (Mean values and standard deviations)

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Table 2 Changes in food group consumption according to change in total bread consumption (Mean values, standard deviations and 95 % confidence intervals)

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Table 3 Baseline weight, waist circumference and BMI according to quartiles (Q) of initial bread consumption* (Mean values and 95 % confidence intervals)

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Table 4 Changes in weight and waist circumference according to quartiles (Q) of change in bread consumption (Mean values and 95 % confidence intervals)

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Table 5 Risk of gaining or losing >2 kg in weight or 2 cm in waist circumference (Odds ratios and 95 % confidence intervals)