Effect of a nutritional intervention promoting the Mediterranean food pattern on electrophoretic characteristics of low-density lipoprotein particles in healthy women from the Quebec City metropolitan area
2004
Goulet, J. | Lamarche, B. | Charest, A. | Nadeau, G. | Lapointe, A. | Desroches, S. | Lemieux, S.
The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of a nutritional intervention promoting the Mediterranean food pattern in free-living conditions on LDL electrophoretic characteristics in a group of seventy-one healthy women, aged between 30 and 65 years. The 12-week nutritional intervention consisted of two courses on nutrition and seven individual sessions with a dietitian. The first course provided information on the Mediterranean food pattern and the second was a cooking lesson. LDL peak particle diameter (LDL-PPD) and cholesterol levels in small (LDL-cholesterol<255 angstrom) and large LDL fractions (LDL-cholesterol>260 angstrom) were obtained by 2-16 % polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of whole plasma. The sample was divided on the basis of baseline LDL-PPD using tertiles of the distribution (258.4 angstrom and 260.0 angstrom). Among the total sample of women, no significant change in LDL-PPD was observed in response to the nutritional intervention. However, subjects who at baseline were in the first tertile of the LDL-PPD distribution (<258.4 angstrom) showed a significant increase in LDL-PPD and in the proportion of LDL %>260 angstrom in response to the 12-week nutritional intervention (P<0.05). In contrast, LDL-PPD decreased significantly (P=0.007) among women with large LDL particles at baseline (LDL-PPD >260 angstrom) while the proportion of LDL %<255 angstrom and of LDL %>260 angstrom remained unchanged. To conclude, changes in the food pattern, in response to a nutritional intervention promoting the Mediterranean food pattern, were accompanied by beneficial modifications in LDL electrophoretic characteristics in women who were characterised at baseline by smaller LDL particles.
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