Abstract Details

Title Diet Pattern in Acute Stroke Patients, a Semiquantitative Analysis

Topic Cerebrovascular Disease and Interventional Neurology

Presentation(s) P14 - Poster Session 14 (8:00 AM-9:00 AM)

Poster/Presentation
Number 4-019

Objective Describe the dietary habits of subjects admitted to the inpatient stroke service, using a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire

Background

Diet is a modifiable risk factor for cerebrovascular disease, and data on specific dietary component intake in the year leading up to a stroke may beneficial in guiding targeted dietary intervention efforts.

Design/Methods Subjects >/= 18 years of age admitted to our institution’s inpatient stroke service who were able to communicate were invited to participate in this single-center observational study. After obtaining informed consent, dietary data was collected using a validated 141 item semi-quantitative food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ). FFQs were analyzed to obtain a Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) dietary pattern score. MIND diet includes higher intake of green leafy and other vegetables, berries, nuts, whole grains, fish, beans, poultry, olive oil and lower intake of red meat, fried food, butter, whole-fat cheese and sweets.

Results The mean MIND diet score, obtained from FFQs of 51 subjects, was 6.26 out of a total possible score of 15 (Median: 6.5, Mode: 7.5, Range: 2.5-10). On average in the year preceding the stroke, patients consumed fewer than the recommended weekly servings of the following MIND diet components: (green leafy (≤2), other vegetables (≤ 14), nuts (<3), whole grain (1-2), beans (<1), poultry (1)). Patients consumed higher than the weekly recommended servings for the following components: (red meat (>6), fried food (>3), sweets (> 10)). Only 12% patients used olive oil as their primary oil. However, consumption of berries (≥2), fish (≥1), butter (<6) and whole-fat cheese (<7) per week was adequate.

Conclusions

The dietary pattern of acute stroke patients in the year preceding their stroke resembled a western diet, rather than the MIND Diet or a diet similar to the Life Simple 7 plan, highlighting the possibility for improvement with a diet intervention in stroke patients.

Authors/Disclosures
Laurel J. Cherian, MD, F�鶹��ýӳ�� (Rush University Medical Center) PRESENTER	The institution of Dr. Cherian has received research support from NIH.
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Puja Agarwal, PhD, MBA (Rush University Medical Center)	Dr. Agarwal has received personal compensation in the range of $500-$4,999 for serving on a Speakers Bureau for Advocate Health. The institution of Dr. Agarwal has received research support from NIH/NIA.
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Martha C. Morris, ScD (Rush University Medical Center)	No disclosure on file
Neelum T. Aggarwal, MD (Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center)	Dr. Aggarwal has nothing to disclose.

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