a Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, Haapaniementie 16, ... and cardiorespiratory fitness with the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome (MetS).
Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases (2012) 22, 553e560
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Diet, fitness and metabolic syndrome e The DR’s EXTRA Study R. Kouki a, U. Schwab b,c, T.A. Lakka a,d, M. Hassinen a, K. Savonen a,e, P. Komulainen a, B. Krachler a, R. Rauramaa a,e,* a
Kuopio Research Institute of Exercise Medicine, Haapaniementie 16, FIN-70100 Kuopio, Finland School of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Campus, P.O. Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland c Department of Internal Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, P.O. Box 1777, FIN-70210 Kuopio, Finland d Institute of Biomedicine/Physiology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Campus, P.O. Box 1627, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland e Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Kuopio University Hospital, P.O. Box 1777, FIN-70210 Kuopio, Finland b
Received 18 June 2010; received in revised form 27 September 2010; accepted 11 October 2010
KEYWORDS Diet; Cardiorespiratory fitness; Metabolic syndrome; Ageing
Abstract Background and Aims: To study the independent and combined associations of diet and cardiorespiratory fitness with the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome (MetS). Methods and Results: We studied a population-based random sample of 663 men and 671 women 57e78 years of age at baseline of an ongoing randomised controlled trial. Based on a 4-day food record a diet score was created according to goals achieved (vegetables 400 g/day, fish 2 servings/week, fibre 14 g/1000 kcal, saturated fat 88 cm in women), high serum levels of triglycerides (1.7 mmol/l), low serum levels of HDL cholesterol (
