The Association of a Mediterranean-style diet pattern with polycystic ovary syndrome status in a community cohort study
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common condition in reproductive-aged women. While lifestyle management is first-line treatment in PCOS, the dietary intake of women with PCOS is unclear and there is no research assessing dietary patterns of women with and without PCOS. The aim of this study was to examine dietary patterns in a large cohort of women with and without PCOS. Data were from 7569 participants in the 1973-1978 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health population assessed at 2009 (Survey 5) (n = 414 PCOS, n = 7155 non-PCOS). Dietary patterns were evaluated using factor analysis and multiple logistic regressions assessed their associations with PCOS status. Three dietary patterns were identified that explained 27% of the variance in food intake between women with and without PCOS: Non-core foods; Meats and take-away and Mediterranean-style. The Mediterranean-style dietary pattern was independently associated with PCOS status. On adjusted analysis for each 1 SD increase in the Mediterranean-style dietary pattern, there was a 26% greater likelihood that women had PCOS. This may indicate an improvement in the quality of dietary intake following a diagnosis of PCOS. Future research should examine the contribution of dietary patterns to the incidence and severity of PCOS and the potential for modification of dietary patterns in the lifestyle management of PCOS.
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Previous studies have shown a tendency towards a healthier diet, including higher use of a Mediterranean diet, in women with PCOS.
“Previous studies have shown a tendency towards a healthier diet, including higher use of a Mediterranean diet, in women with PCOS (Moran et al., 2015; Moran et al., 2017).”
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- Authors
- Moran, L., Grieger, J., Mishra, G., & Teede, H.
- Affiliations
- Monash University (AU)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Monash Medical Centre (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Moran, Lisa
- Venue
- Nutrients
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2015-10-16
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 8553-8564
- ISSN
- 2072-6643 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4632439
- OpenAlex
- W1921709920
- Cited by
- 49
- References
- 60
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 2
- FWCI
- 2.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- dx.doi.org
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- Locations
- Nutrients (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Australian Government
- University of Queensland
- Cancer Council Victoria
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Ovarian function and disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Keywords
- polycystic ovary syndrome, Mediterranean diet, dietary habits, women's diet, lifestyle management, PCOS risk factors, Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Australia, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Feeding Behavior, Female, Health Status, Humans, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Logistic Models, Diet, Mediterranean
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