Plant sterol and stanol intake in Finland: a comparison between users and nonusers of plant sterol- and plant stanol-enriched foods

Background/ Objectives: We evaluated plant sterol and stanol (PS) intakes from natural sources and enriched foods in the Finnish population-based national FINDIET 2007 Survey. In addition, we compared the users and nonusers of PS-enriched foods in terms of their characteristics and dietary intake. S...

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Published in:European journal of clinical nutrition 2014-05, Vol.68 (5), p.587-591
Main Authors: Marttinen, M, Kosola, M, Ovaskainen, M-L, Mutanen, M, Männistö, S
Format: Article
Language:English
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Adult
Aged
Anticholesteremic Agents - administration & dosage
Biological and medical sciences
Cholesterol
Cholesterol, LDL - blood
Clinical Nutrition
Comparative analysis
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diet
Diet Records
Diet, Fat-Restricted
Dietary fiber
Dietary intake
Drugs
Education
Energy
Enriched foods
Enrichment
Epidemiology
Feeding Behavior
Feeding. Feeding behavior
Female
Finland
Food
Food consumption
Food intake
Food plants
Food sources
Food, Fortified
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Health aspects
Humans
Internal Medicine
Male
Medical sciences
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Men
Mental Recall
Metabolic Diseases
Middle Aged
Natural foods
Nutrients
Nutrition Surveys
original-article
Physiological aspects
Phytosterols
Phytosterols - administration & dosage
Population studies
Public Health
Sitosterols - administration & dosage
Sterols
Subgroups
Surveys
Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems
Women
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Summary:Background/ Objectives: We evaluated plant sterol and stanol (PS) intakes from natural sources and enriched foods in the Finnish population-based national FINDIET 2007 Survey. In addition, we compared the users and nonusers of PS-enriched foods in terms of their characteristics and dietary intake. Subjects/Methods: This was a cross-sectional population-based study on 958 men and 1080 women aged 25–74. Users and nonusers of PS-enriched products were compared with respect to sex, age, education, region, cholesterol-lowering medication and cholesterol-lowering diet. Intakes of PS, energy, energy nutrients, fat composition, cholesterol and dietary fibre were calculated on the basis of a 48-h dietary recall. The distribution of PS intake was assessed for the users of enriched products. Results: PS-enriched foods were used by 9.5% of all subjects. The usage increased significantly with age ( P
ISSN:0954-3007
1476-5640
DOI:10.1038/ejcn.2014.3