<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shilpa N Bhupathiraju</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alice H Lichtenstein</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bess {Dawson-Hughes}</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Katherine L Tucker</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adherence index based on the AHA 2006 diet and lifestyle recommendations is associated with select cardiovascular disease risk factors in older Puerto Ricans</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Journal of Nutrition</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Acculturation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aged</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">American Heart Association</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Boston</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cardiovascular Diseases</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">diet</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Guidelines as Topic</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Health Promotion</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Life Style</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Longitudinal Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Middle Aged</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Motor Activity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Patient Compliance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Puerto Rico</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">risk</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">United States</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">{Cross-Sectional} Studies</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21270369</style></url></web-urls></urls><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">141</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">460–469</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In 2006, the {AHA} released diet and lifestyle recommendations {(AHA-DLR)} for cardiovascular disease {(CVD)} risk reduction. The effect of adherence to these recommendations on {CVD} risk is unknown. Our objective was to develop a unique diet and lifestyle score based on the {AHA-DLR} and to evaluate this score in relation to available {CVD} risk factors. In a cross-sectional study of Puerto Rican adults aged 45-75 y living in the greater Boston area, information was available for the following variables: diet (semiquantitative {FFQ),} blood pressure, waist circumference {(WC),} 10-y risk of coronary heart disease {(CHD)} {(Framingham} risk score), and fasting plasma lipids, serum glucose, insulin, and C-reactive protein {(CRP)} concentrations. We developed a diet and lifestyle score {(AHA-DLS)} based on the {AHA-DLR.} The {AHA-DLS} had both internal consistency and content validity. It was associated with plasma {HDL} cholesterol {(P} = 0.001), serum insulin {(P} = 0.0003), and {CRP} concentrations {(P} = 0.02), {WC} {(P} {\textless} 0.0001), and 10-y risk of {CHD} score {(P} = 0.01 in women). The {AHA-DLS} was inversely associated with serum glucose among those with a {BMI} {\textless} 25 {(P} = 0.01). Women and men in the highest quartile of the {AHA-DLS} had lower serum insulin {(P-trend} = 0.0003) and {CRP} concentrations {(P-trend} = 0.002), {WC} {(P-trend} = 0.0003), and higher {HDL} cholesterol {(P-trend} = 0.008). The {AHA-DLS} is a useful tool to measure adherence to the {AHA-DLR} and may be used to examine associations between diet and lifestyle behaviors and {CVD} risk.</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">{PMID:} 21270369</style></notes></record></records></xml>