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Dietary Patterns and Lifestyle in Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Prevention

A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition and Public Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2026 | Viewed by 512

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Dr. Evangelia Damigou

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Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences and Education, Harokopio University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Interests: diet; nutrition; prevention; lifestyles; cardiovascular disease; preventive medicine; trajectories; mediterranean diet; obesity
Dr. Michael Georgoulis

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Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences and Education, Harokopio University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Interests: diet; nutrition; dietary assessment; dietary patterns; obesity; metabolic syndrome; steatotic liver disease; sleep apnea; mediterranean diet; lifestyle interventions

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Lifestyle patterns, including dietary habits, physical activity level, smoking habits, and sleep patterns, are major contributors that can protect or predispose against cardiovascular disease. This Special Issue, titled “Dietary Patterns and Lifestyle in Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Prevention”, will focus on these areas. In terms of cardiovascular disease risk and prevention, some lifestyle factors (e.g., dietary, physical activity, and smoking habits) are well-studied, while others have gained attention more recently (e.g., sleep duration and quality); however, their complex interactions remain poorly elucidated. Moreover, while it is well-appreciated that adherence to a prudent plant-based dietary pattern is beneficial for—cardiovascular—health, multiple dietary patterns fall into this category. Comparisons between the various dietary patterns—plant-based or fad diets—in terms of their nutritional components, long-term sustainability, taking into account an individual’s lifestyle, or planetary sustainability, as well as their comparative performance against cardiovascular disease, are still of interest both for clinical practice and public health.

This Special Issue welcomes original articles, including observational or intervational studies, as well as reviews, such as systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Submisisons are encouraged to investigate potential interactions between lifestyle characteristics or between lifestyle and other factors (e.g., sociodemographic, biochemical, clinical, and psychological factors) and their association with cardiovascular disease risk.

Dr. Evangelia Damigou
Dr. Michael Georgoulis
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • dietary patterns
  • lifestyles
  • prevention
  • cardiovascular disease risk
  • preventive cardiology
  • diet
  • nutrition

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Joint Associations of Multidimensional Socioeconomic Status and Healthy Lifestyle with Prevalent Hypertension: A Large Population-Based Study in Northwest China
by Jinli Liu, Jiaomei Yang, Zhuoru Zou, Yijun Kang, Hong Yan and Shaonong Dang
Nutrients 2026, 18(12), 1860; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu18121860 - 9 Jun 2026
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Background/Objectives: The roles of healthy lifestyle and socioeconomic status (SES) in prevalent hypertension, as well as their joint patterns, remain incompletely understood. This study examined the independent, interactive, and joint associations of multidimensional SES and multiple healthy behaviors with prevalent hypertension. Methods: We [...] Read more.
Background/Objectives: The roles of healthy lifestyle and socioeconomic status (SES) in prevalent hypertension, as well as their joint patterns, remain incompletely understood. This study examined the independent, interactive, and joint associations of multidimensional SES and multiple healthy behaviors with prevalent hypertension. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of baseline data from 80,218 adults enrolled in the Regional Ethnic Cohort Study in Northwest China between 2017 and 2019. The mean age of the participants was 53.9 years. SES was classified as high, middle, or low according to household per capita income, occupation, and educational attainment. Healthy lifestyle was assessed using five factors: non-smoking, moderate alcohol intake, regular physical activity, adequate coarse-grain intake, and healthy sleep patterns. Logistic regression models were used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the associations of SES and healthy behaviors with prevalent hypertension. Results: Hypertension prevalence was higher in the low-SES group than in the high-SES group (45.1% vs. 28.8%). Each additional healthy behavior was associated with 16% lower odds of hypertension (OR: 0.84; 95% CI: 0.82–0.86). Within each SES stratum, participants with 0–1 healthy behaviors had the highest odds of hypertension compared with those with 4–5 healthy behaviors (high SES: OR = 1.58, 1.31–1.92; middle SES: OR = 1.62, 1.39–1.89; low SES: OR = 1.58, 1.22–2.05). A similar but weaker pattern was observed among those with 2–3 healthy behaviors (ORs ranging from 1.18 to 1.32). Among participants with 4–5 healthy behaviors, the odds of prevalent hypertension increased as SES decreased (middle SES: OR = 1.06, 95% CI: 0.97–1.16; low SES: OR = 1.29, 95% CI: 1.17–1.42; reference: high SES). This gradient was more pronounced among those with 2–3 healthy behaviors (ORs ranging from 1.24 to 1.55). Conclusions: Both socioeconomic disadvantage and unhealthy lifestyle were associated with higher odds of prevalent hypertension. Although adherence to a healthy lifestyle was associated with lower odds of prevalent hypertension, it did not fully attenuate the excess odds associated with socioeconomic disadvantage. Full article
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