Journal article
Inflammatory diet and preclinical cardiovascular phenotypes in 11–12 year-olds and mid-life adults: A cross-sectional population-based study
A Davis, R Liu, JA Kerr, M Wake, A Grobler, M Juonala, M Liu, L Baur, D Burgner, K Lycett
Atherosclerosis | ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD | Published : 2019
Abstract
Background and aims: Pro-inflammatory diet may be a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. We examine associations of two inflammatory diet scores with preclinical cardiovascular phenotypes at two life course stages. Methods: Participants: 1771 children (49% girls) aged 11–12 years and 1793 parents (87% mothers, mean age 43.7 (standard deviation 5.2) years) in the Child Health CheckPoint Study. Measures: 23 items in the Australian National Secondary Students’ Diet and Activity (NaSSDA) survey were used to derive two inflammatory diet scores based on: 1) published evidence of associations with C-reactive protein (literature-derived score), and 2) empirical associations with CheckP..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work has been supported to date by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC; 1041352, 1109355), The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation (2014-241), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne, National Heart Foundation of Australia (100660), Financial Markets Foundation for Children (2014-055; 2016-310) and Victoria Deaf Education Institute. RL and ML are supported by PhD scholarships: RL by NHMRC (APP1114567) and ML by a Melbourne Research Scholarship. MJ is supported by Juho Vainio Foundation and federal research grants to Turku University Hospital. MW was supported by an NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (APP1046518 and Cure Kids New Zealand). DB is supported by an NHMRC Fellowship (APP1064629) and an Honorary Future Leader Fellowship of the National Heart Foundation of Australia (100369). KL is supported by an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (APP1091124) and a National Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (101239). Research at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute is supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Program. The funding bodies did not play any role in the study. This paper uses unit record data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. The study is conducted in partnership between the Department of Social Services (DSS), the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The findings and views reported in this paper are those of the author and should not be attributed to DSS, AIFS or the ABS.