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http://dx.doi.org/10.3746/jkfn.2004.33.8.1320

A Study of Serum Lipid Levels, Blood Sugar, Blood Pressure of Vegetarians and Non-Vegetarians (IV) - Based on age, abnormal serum lipid level, blood pressure, blood sugar -  

Cha, Bok-Kyeong (Dept. of Naturopathic Medicine, The Postgraduate School of Hanseo University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition / v.33, no.8, 2004 , pp. 1320-1326 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to verify the relation between vegetarian diet and the risk factors of cardiovascular disease. Results were summarized as follows: Levels of total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, atherogenic index (AI), diastolic blood pressure, blood sugar and HDL-cholesterol were significantly higher (p<0.01) in non-vegetarians than those of vegetarians, but ratio of HDL cholesterol/total-cholesterol was lower in non-vegetarians. The number of subjects with abnormal serum total-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, atherogenic index (AI) and systotic blood pressure were much more in non-vegetarians than those in vegetarians, it were confirmed clearly as the increment of ages. In the multiple regression analysis, we acknowledged that the main factors affecting on total-cholesterol in vegetarians were age, BMI and the systolic blood pressure (R-square: 0.21), while important factors were age, BMI, the systolic blood pressure and physical activity (R-square: 0.81) in the non-vegetarians. In the vegetarians, age and BMI were the main factors having influence on LDL-cholesterol (R-square: 0.18), while age, BMI, systolic blood pressure and the physical activity (R-square: 0.82) were main factors in the non-vegetarian. In conclusion, vegetable diet may improve blood lipid level, blood pressure, blood sugar.
Keywords
age; vegetarian; abnormal serum lipid level; blood pressure; blood sugar;
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