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Clinical nutrition, enteral and parenteral nutrition

Quality of dietary intake in relation to body composition in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease eligible for pulmonary rehabilitation

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition volume 68, pages 159–165 (2014)Cite this article

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Abstract

Background/Objectives:

A poor dietary quality may accelerate disturbances in body composition in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but only limited studies have investigated dietary intake from this perspective. The objective of the current study was to investigate dietary intake in relation to low fat-free mass and abdominal obesity in COPD.

Subjects/methods:

Dietary intake was assessed by means of a cross-check dietary history method in 564 COPD patients referred for pulmonary rehabilitation. The Dutch Food Composition Database was used to calculate nutrient intake, which was compared with the 2006 recommendations from the Dutch Health Council. Body composition was assessed by DEXA scan.

Results:

In general, the reported intake of macronutrients represented a typical western diet. With regard to micronutrients, vitamin D and calcium intakes were below the recommended levels in the majority of patients (>75%), whereas vitamin A, C and E intakes were below the recommended levels in over one-third of patients. Patients with inadequate vitamin D intake more frequently reported a low intake of protein (P=0.02) and micronutrients (P<0.001). Patients with a low fat-free mass index (FFMI) more often had low intake of protein, while abdominally obese patients more often had low intake of protein and most micronutrients (P<0.05). Patients with both low FFMI and abdominal obesity appeared most often to be consuming a poor-quality diet.

Conclusions:

Our data indicate that dietary quality is low in COPD patients referred for pulmonary rehabilitation and differs between patients with different body composition profiles.

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  1. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre +, NUTRIM School for Nutrition, Toxicology and Metabolism, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    C van de Bool, E F M Wouters & A M W J Schols

  2. Program Development Centre, Centre of Expertise for Chronic Organ Failure (CIRO +), Horn, The Netherlands

    C Mattijssen-Verdonschot, P P M J van Melick, M A Spruit, F M E Franssen, E F M Wouters & E P A Rutten

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Each author has participated sufficiently, intellectually or practically, in the work to take public responsibility for the content of the article, including the conception, design and conduct of the experiment and for data interpretation. The contribution of the authors to the manuscript is as follows: CvdB: study design, analysing data, drafting the manuscript, primary responsibility of the final content; CV: study design, first analyses, conducting research; FF, MS, AS and EW: study design, reviewing the manuscript; PvM: conducting research, reviewing the manuscript; ER: study design, drafting the manuscript and primary responsibility of the final content, reviewing the manuscript.

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van de Bool, C., Mattijssen-Verdonschot, C., van Melick, P. et al. Quality of dietary intake in relation to body composition in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease eligible for pulmonary rehabilitation. Eur J Clin Nutr 68, 159–165 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2013.257

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