20.500.12556/RUL-133288 Dietary intakes and cardiovascular health of healthy adults in short-, medium-, and long-term whole-food plant-based lifestyle program An effective lifestyle strategy to reduce cardiovascular diseases risk (CVD) factors is needed. We examined the effects of a whole-food plant-based (WFPB) lifestyle program on dietary intake and cardiovascular (CV) risk factors in 151 adults (mean 39.6 (SD 12.5) years). Adherence was categorised into short-, medium- and long-term (years: (0.5–<2), (2–<5) and (5–10)), for both genders separately. Dietary intakes were assessed, fasting blood lipids and blood pressure (BP) were measured, and % participants reaching guideline recommended targets for LDL-cholesterol, triglycerides and BP in the primary CVD prevention was assessed. There were no statistically significant differences in intakes of energy and most nutrients among participants (both genders), that were short-, medium- and long term in our program. Diet was mainly composed of unprocessed vegetables/fruits, whole grains, legumes, potatoes, and nuts/seeds. LDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, systolic and diastolic BP were within targets for: 93%, 97%, 88% and 95% participants, respectively. In females (vs. males), total- and HDL-cholesterol were higher (mean): 3.8 (SD 0.7) vs. 3.4 (SD 0.9), p = 0.002 and 1.5 (SD 0.3) vs. 1.1 (SD 0.2) mmol/L, p < 0.001), systolic BP was lower (113 (SD 11) vs. 120 (SD 10) mmHg, p = 0.001), while there was no difference in diastolic BP (71 (SD 9) vs. 72 (SD 8) mmHg, p = 0.143). More females vs. males reached target triglycerides (99% vs. 91%, p = 0.021) and systolic BP (92% vs. 79%, p = 0.046), while similar females and males reached target LDL-cholesterol (94% vs. 91%, p = 0.500) and diastolic BP (93% vs. 100%, p = 0.107). Participation in our WFPB lifestyle program is associated with favourable dietary intakes, safety markers, and CV risk factor profiles. nutrition plant-based diet vegan diet lifestyle cardiovascular health blood lipids blood pressure prehrana prehranjevanje dietetika vegetarijanska dieta veganska dieta življenjski stil kardiovaskularni sistem srčnožilni sistem krvni pritisk true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2021-11-19 13:25:09 2021-11-19 13:25:10 2022-09-12 04:15:40 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2020 0 0 27 str. iss. 1, art. 55 Vol. 12 2020 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 613.2:611.1 2072-6643 10.3390/nu12010055 5641649 RAZ_Jakse_Bostjan_2020.pdf RAZ_Jakse_Bostjan_2020.pdf 1 49F1FF738FCF58C4AC7F2332BB4E8F68 06b81882dbba5d1cdc9558fcaec67faa73a49570f3078f6ea6e9760ca08dca04 e77e63d0-4933-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=151219 https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/1/55 1 aa9ccd47-4933-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=151218 Biotehniška fakulteta Fakulteta za šport Medicinska fakulteta 0 0 0