IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 3897: Nutritional Determinants of Quality of Life in a Mediterranean Cohort: The SUN Study

IJERPH, Vol. 17, Pages 3897: Nutritional Determinants of Quality of Life in a Mediterranean Cohort: The SUN Study International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health doi: 10.3390/ijerph17113897 Authors: Octavio Pano Carmen Sayón-Orea Alfredo Gea Maira Bes-Rastrollo Miguel Ángel Martínez-González J. Alfredo Martínez Health related quality of life (HRQoL) is a subjective appreciation of how personal characteristics and health influence well-being. This cross-sectional analysis aimed to quantitatively measure the influence of dietary, lifestyle, and demographic factors on HRQoL. A sub-sample of the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra (SUN) Project, a Mediterranean cohort, was analyzed (n = 15,674). Through self-administered questionnaires the relationship between HRQoL and dietary patterns (Mediterranean-diet (MedDiet) and provegetarian food pattern (FP) assessment), lifestyles (sleeping hours, physical activity) and demographic characteristics were measured. Multivariate linear regression and flexible regression models were used to estimate the pondered effect of personal factors on Short Form-36 (SF-36) scores. Coefficients for MedDiet and provegetarian scores (β-coefficient for global SF-36 score: 0.32 (0.22, 0.42); 0.09 (0.06, 0.12) respectively for every unit increase), physical activity (β: 0.03 (0.02, 0.03) for every metabolic equivalent of task indexes (MET)-h/week) had a positive association to HRQoL. The fem...
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