Analysis on dietary status of elderly patients with ischemic stroke in China

Objective To investigate the awareness of Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents (2007) (hereinafter guidelines (2007)) and the dietary intake of patients in elderly patients with ischemic stroke in China, and provide evidence for dietary guidance and health management. Methods The ischemic stroke patients aged ≥65 years were selected from the project of Chinese adult chronic disease and nutritional surveillance (2015). Questionnaire and semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) were used to investigate the awareness rate of the dietary guidelines and the dietary nutrition status in the past year in the elderly patients with ischemic stroke and analyze the dietary status of the elderly patients with ischemic stroke in urban and rural areas. Results The awareness rate of the dietary guidelines(2007) in the elderly ischemic stroke patients was 12.47% in China, which was 18.75% in urban patients and 6.07% in rural patients. The awareness rate of dietary guidelines(2007) in urban patients was higher than that in rural patients (P Conclusion The awareness rate of the dietary guidelines(2007) in elderly patients with ischemic stroke in China was low, and the awareness rate of dietary guidelines(2007) in urban patients was higher than in rural patients. In rural area, the proportion of over intake of staple food was relatively high, while the intake frequencies of vegetables, fruits, beans, aquatic products and dairy food were low, resulting in insufficient intakes of these foods, which was more obvious compared with urban area.