Research & Practice
The Relationship of Diet Quality and Blood Serum Lipid Levels in a Population at High Risk for Diabetes: The Strong Heart Family Study
Blood serum lipid levels are often used as indicators of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, while diet quality has an established impact on blood serum lipid levels, including low- and high-density lipoproteins (LDL and HDL) and their corresponding apoproteins, apoB and apoA1 respectively, as well as triglycerides (TGs) and total cholesterol (TC). Diabetes mellitus (DM) is also an established risk factor for CVD, and dyslipidemia is a hallmark of accompanying metabolic disturbances, manifesting as hypertriglyceridemia, high serum levels of LDL, and lowered HDL. This study seeks to investigate the relation of diet quality, diabetes, and blood lipid levels, amongst American Indians (AIs) who participated in the Strong Heart Family Study (SHFS)—a longitudinal study of CVD and its risk factors in 12 AI communities in Arizona, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Oklahoma. To date no published studies have examined the relation of global diet quality, lipids, and diabetes in AIs.
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Project Type(s): Master's Thesis
Author(s): Sophie Kauffman
Program(s): Master of Science, RDN Training
Year: 2016
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