Nutritional Status Assessment and Dietary Intake of the Cardiovascular Disease Patients

A study was designed to know the dietary management and to compare the actual intake of macronutrients with the recommended intake of the hospitalized cardiovascular disease patients at Rehman Medical Institute, Peshawar, Pakistan. A sample of 101 CVD hospitalized patients was selected by using convenient sampling method. Questionnaire regarding clinical, biochemical, dietary, family history, demographic and socioeconomic status was developed. Nutritional status was assessed by anthropometric measurements and by calculating BMI. Dietary intake was assessed by using 24hour dietary recall method and food frequency questionnaire. Results presented that 74.3% of the patients were hypertensive, 37.6% were diabetic, and 41.6% with positive family history, 67.3% used saturated fats in routine life and 86.1% with sedentary life style. Mean age was found to be 52.7±16.5 years, BMI 24.2±5.3 was in normal range but at the edge of normal, and 43.6% of the patients were illiterate. Patients’ actual intake was not fulfilling their recommended intake as they were consuming only 74.26% of the recommended carbohydrate, 26.3% of the recommended fats and 39.3% of the recommended protein intake. There was a significant gap between the macronutrients intake of the hospitalized patients.