MOGHADASI, M.; NIKBAKHT, M.; KUCHAKI, M. Lifestyle status, food consumption pattern and it's relation
to dyslipidemia. Brazilian Journal of Biomotricity, v. 4, n. 3, p 165-173, 2010. Changes in lifestyle such as
dietary and physical activity habits may effective strategy for improve dyslipidemia. The aim of this study was
to determine whether lifestyle status affects the blood lipid levels. One hundred forty one male (n=47) and
female (n=94) participated in this study. Each subject’s lifestyle status was assessed by a self-administered
questionnaire based on Breslow’s lifestyle index and diet was assessed using a 22-item food-frequency
questionnaire. Pearson’s correlation demonstrated a negative relationship between Breslow’s lifestyle index
and exercise frequency with cholesterol (P<0.05 for female), triglyceride and LDL-c in both sexes, but did not
achieve statistical significance. The result, also, indicated that HDL-c had tendency to increase as Breslow’s
lifestyle index and exercise frequency increased. General linear regression analysis demonstrated that food
consumption pattern was independently associated with blood lipid profile in female, while exercise
frequency was independently associated with blood lipid profile in male. In conclusion, unhealthy lifestyles
may cause dyslipidemia. These findings present reasonable explanations for the relationships between
lifestyles and lifestyles-related diseases.
