Association of Mediterranean diet adherence with disease progression, quality of life and physical activity, sociodemographic and anthropometric parameters, and serum biomarkers in community-dwelling older adults with multiple sclerosis: a cross-sectional study.
Christina TryfonosMaria ChrysafiSousana K PapadopoulouKonstantinos VadikoliasMaria SpanoudakiMaria MentzelouDimitrios FotiouEleni PavlidouGeorgios GkouvasTheofanis VorvolakosApostolos MichailidisAlexia BisbinasOlga AlexatouConstantinos GiaginisPublished in: Aging clinical and experimental research (2024)
Higher MD compliance was independently associated with younger patients' age, lower risk of overweight/obesity and abdominal obesity, decreased disease progression and higher muscle mass, as well as greater physical activity, better quality of life, and adequate serum ferritin and albumin levels CONCLUSIONS: MD may exert beneficial effects in older adults with MS. Future strategies and policies are highly recommended to inform both the general population and the older patients with MS for the beneficial effects of MD in preventing MS and in improving or even slowing down the disease progression and symptoms severity of MS.
Keyphrases
- physical activity
- multiple sclerosis
- mass spectrometry
- ms ms
- weight loss
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- molecular dynamics
- weight gain
- end stage renal disease
- body mass index
- type diabetes
- public health
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- sleep quality
- chronic kidney disease
- community dwelling
- prognostic factors
- middle aged
- adipose tissue
- peritoneal dialysis
- skeletal muscle
- risk factors
- patient reported outcomes
- iron deficiency