Influence of diet and behavior related factors on the peripheral blood triglyceride levels in adults: a cross-sectional study / 中华流行病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the influence of diet and behavior related factors on the peripheral blood triglyceride levels in adults,through a cross-sectional survey.Methods The current study included 13 434 subjects without histories of major chronic diseases from a population-based cross-sectional surveythe 2010 Metabolic Syndrome Survey in Zhejiang Province.A generalized linear model was used to investigate the influence of diet/behavior-related factors on the peripheral blood triglyceride levels.Results Mean TG of the sample population appeared as (1.36± 1.18) mmol/L.The proportions of elevated TG and marginally elevated TG were 10.3％ and 11.0％ respectively,with statistically significant difference seen between males and females (x2=44.135,P＜0.001).In this sampled population,the daily intake of cooking oil was exceeding the recommendation levels by over 50％ while the intake of fruit,milk,nuts and physical exercise were much below the recommendation.There were statistically significant differences between smoking,alcohol-intake,meat,fruit and water intake in male population from this study.However,in females,the intake of aquatic product and physical exercise showed statistically significant differences.After controlling for other variables,factors as age,drinking,staple food and aquatic products showed positive influence on TG,while milk presented negative influence on TG.Through interaction analysis,fruit and meat intake in males and staple food in females showed positive influence on TG,when compared to the reference group.Conclusion Hyperglyceridemia appeared as one of the major metabolic abnormities in Zhejiang province.Programs on monitoring the alcohol,staple food and meat intake should be priority on intervention,in the communities.