PMID- 30363011
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200414
LR  - 20200414
IS  - 1530-0374 (Electronic)
IS  - 1072-3714 (Linking)
VI  - 26
IP  - 4
DP  - 2019 Apr
TI  - Dietary patterns and their association with menopausal symptoms: a 
      cross-sectional study.
PG  - 365-372
LID - 10.1097/GME.0000000000001245 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: Although menopause is a natural event in a woman's life, some of its 
      symptoms can be severe enough to adversely affect her health. There is some 
      evidence to suggest that diet has an influence on menopausal symptoms, but less 
      attention has been paid to dietary patterns. The purpose of this study is to 
      determine the association of dietary patterns with physical, mental, and 
      genitourinary menopausal symptoms. METHODS: A cross-sectional study design was 
      applied using a sample of 400 postmenopausal women who attended health centers in 
      the south of Tehran, Iran. The menopausal symptoms were assessed by a Menopause 
      Rating Scale (MRS) questionnaire; a 147-item, semi-quantitative food-frequency 
      questionnaire was used to collect dietary information, and major dietary patterns 
      were identified by principal component analysis. Linear regression was used to 
      evaluate the relationship between menopausal symptoms and dietary patterns. 
      RESULTS: Three major dietary patterns were identified: vegetables and fruits 
      (VF); mayonnaise, liquid oils, sweets, and desserts (MLSD); and solid fats and 
      snacks (SFS). It has been found that the VF dietary pattern is inversely 
      associated with general (beta = -1.37; SE = 1.08; P for trend <0.001), physical 
      (beta = -1.54; SE = 1.09; P for trend <0.001), and mental (beta = -1.58; SE = 1.11; P 
      for trend <0.001) symptoms. A stronger adherence to the MLSD dietary pattern was 
      directly associated with general (beta = 1.15; SE = 1.08; P for trend <0.001) and 
      genitourinary symptoms (beta = 1.54; SE = 1.1; P for trend <0.001). Moreover, the 
      SFS dietary pattern was directly related to the general (beta = 1.23; SE = 1.09; P 
      for trend = 0.01), physical (beta = 1.24; SE = 1.09; P for trend = 0.04), and mental 
      (beta = 1.29; SE = 1.12; P for trend < 0.001) symptoms. CONCLUSION: The present 
      study demonstrated that there is an inverse association between VF dietary 
      pattern and menopausal symptoms. In contrast, the MLSD and SFS dietary patterns 
      were correlated to an increased risk of these symptoms.
FAU - Soleymani, Mahshid
AU  - Soleymani M
AD  - Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, 
      Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Siassi, Fereydoun
AU  - Siassi F
AD  - Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, 
      Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Qorbani, Mostafa
AU  - Qorbani M
AD  - Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, 
      Karaj, Iran.
FAU - Khosravi, Shahla
AU  - Khosravi S
AD  - Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical 
      Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Aslany, Zahra
AU  - Aslany Z
AD  - Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, 
      Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Abshirini, Maryam
AU  - Abshirini M
AD  - Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, 
      Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Zolfaghari, Ghazal
AU  - Zolfaghari G
AD  - Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, 
      Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
AD  - Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Sotoudeh, Gity
AU  - Sotoudeh G
AD  - Department of Community Nutrition, School of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, 
      Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Menopause
JT  - Menopause (New York, N.Y.)
JID - 9433353
RN  - 0 (Dietary Fats)
SB  - IM
MH  - Anxiety/physiopathology
MH  - Arthralgia/physiopathology
MH  - Atrophy
MH  - Attention/physiology
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Depression/physiopathology
MH  - *Diet
MH  - Dietary Fats/administration & dosage/adverse effects
MH  - Energy Intake
MH  - Exercise
MH  - Female
MH  - Fruit
MH  - Hot Flashes/physiopathology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Memory Disorders/physiopathology
MH  - *Menopause/physiology
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Myalgia/physiopathology
MH  - Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological/physiopathology
MH  - Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological/physiopathology
MH  - Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders/physiopathology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Sweating/physiology
MH  - Vagina/pathology
MH  - Vegetables
EDAT- 2018/10/27 06:00
MHDA- 2020/04/15 06:00
CRDT- 2018/10/27 06:00
PHST- 2018/10/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/04/15 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/10/27 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1097/GME.0000000000001245 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Menopause. 2019 Apr;26(4):365-372. doi: 10.1097/GME.0000000000001245.