Stephen P Juraschek1, Lara C Kovell2, Lawrence J Appel3, Edgar R Miller3, Frank M Sacks4, Robert H Christenson5, Heather Rebuck5, Alexander R Chang6, Kenneth J Mukamal1. 1. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (S.P.J., K.J.M.). 2. University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts (L.C.K.). 3. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and The Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Baltimore, Maryland (L.J.A., E.R.M.). 4. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (F.M.S.). 5. University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland (R.H.C., H.R.). 6. Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pennsylvania (A.R.C.).
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The DASH diet has been found to lower blood pressure (BP) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. OBJECTIVE: To compare diets rich in fruits and vegetables with a typical American diet in their effects on cardiovascular injury in middle-aged adults without known preexisting cardiovascular disease (CVD). DESIGN: Observational study based on a 3-group, parallel-design, randomized trial conducted in the United States from 1994 to 1996. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00000544). SETTING: 3 of the 4 original clinical trial centers. PARTICIPANTS: 326 of the original 459 trial participants with available stored specimens. INTERVENTION: Participants were randomly assigned to 8 weeks of monitored feeding with a control diet typical of what many Americans eat; a diet rich in fruits and vegetables but otherwise similar to the control diet; or the DASH diet, which is rich in fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy, and fiber and has low levels of saturated fat and cholesterol. Weight was kept constant throughout feeding. MEASUREMENTS: Biomarkers collected at baseline and 8 weeks: high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI), N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP). RESULTS:The mean age of participants was 45.2 years, 48% were women, 49% were black, and mean baseline BP was 131/85 mm Hg. Compared with the control diet, the fruit-and-vegetable diet reduced hs-cTnI levels by 0.5 ng/L (95% CI, -0.9 to -0.2 ng/L) and NT-proBNP levels by 0.3 pg/mL (CI, -0.5 to -0.1 pg/mL). Compared with the control diet, the DASH diet reduced hs-cTnI levels by 0.5 ng/L (CI, -0.9 to -0.1 ng/L) and NT-proBNP levels by 0.3 pg/mL (CI, -0.5 to -0.04 pg/mL). Levels of hs-CRP did not differ among diets. None of the markers differed between the fruit-and-vegetable and DASH diets. LIMITATION: Short duration, missing specimens, and an inability to isolate the effects of specific foods or micronutrients. CONCLUSION: Diets rich in fruits and vegetables given over 8 weeks were associated with lower levels of markers for subclinical cardiac damage and strain in adults without preexisting CVD. PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
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BACKGROUND: The DASH diet has been found to lower blood pressure (BP) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels. OBJECTIVE: To compare diets rich in fruits and vegetables with a typical American diet in their effects on cardiovascular injury in middle-aged adults without known preexisting cardiovascular disease (CVD). DESIGN: Observational study based on a 3-group, parallel-design, randomized trial conducted in the United States from 1994 to 1996. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00000544). SETTING: 3 of the 4 original clinical trial centers. PARTICIPANTS: 326 of the original 459 trial participants with available stored specimens. INTERVENTION: Participants were randomly assigned to 8 weeks of monitored feeding with a control diet typical of what many Americans eat; a diet rich in fruits and vegetables but otherwise similar to the control diet; or the DASH diet, which is rich in fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy, and fiber and has low levels of saturated fat and cholesterol. Weight was kept constant throughout feeding. MEASUREMENTS: Biomarkers collected at baseline and 8 weeks: high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI), N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP). RESULTS: The mean age of participants was 45.2 years, 48% were women, 49% were black, and mean baseline BP was 131/85 mm Hg. Compared with the control diet, the fruit-and-vegetable diet reduced hs-cTnI levels by 0.5 ng/L (95% CI, -0.9 to -0.2 ng/L) and NT-proBNP levels by 0.3 pg/mL (CI, -0.5 to -0.1 pg/mL). Compared with the control diet, the DASH diet reduced hs-cTnI levels by 0.5 ng/L (CI, -0.9 to -0.1 ng/L) and NT-proBNP levels by 0.3 pg/mL (CI, -0.5 to -0.04 pg/mL). Levels of hs-CRP did not differ among diets. None of the markers differed between the fruit-and-vegetable and DASH diets. LIMITATION: Short duration, missing specimens, and an inability to isolate the effects of specific foods or micronutrients. CONCLUSION: Diets rich in fruits and vegetables given over 8 weeks were associated with lower levels of markers for subclinical cardiac damage and strain in adults without preexisting CVD. PRIMARY FUNDING SOURCE: National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
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