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BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
Published in: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation 1/2023

Open Access 01-12-2023 | Research

Diet diversity and food quality score in male football players and healthy non-athlete controls in relation to oxidative stress biomarkers: a descriptive-analytical study

Authors: Mahsa Zare, Maede Makhtoomi, Fatemeh Mansouri, Mehran Nouri, Parvin Sarbakhsh, Mohammad Hasan Eftekhari, Bahram Pourghassem Gargari, Zainab Shateri

Published in: BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation | Issue 1/2023

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Abstract

Background

Dietary patterns that include high-quality and varied food groups have the potential to modulate oxidative status. This research was conducted to determine dietary diversity score (DDS) and food quality score (FQS) in football players and their matched non-athletes, also their associations with oxidative indicators assessed by the urinary levels of F2alpha-isoprostane (F2a-IP) and 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG).

Methods

Participants consisted of 45 male football players and 45 male non-athletes in two age-and body mass index (BMI)-matched groups from Shiraz City, Iran. Anthropometric measurements were performed, and urine samples were analyzed to determine oxidative biomarkers. Dietary data derived from a reliable food frequency questionnaire with 168 items was completed to determine DDS and FQS. For data analysis, an appropriate generalized estimating equation model was set up.

Results

Our results demonstrated that FQS (β = 5.46; P < 0.001) and DDS (β = 1.30; P < 0.001) scores were significantly higher in the footballers in comparison to the non-athletes. Moreover, FQS was negatively associated with 8-OHdG (β=-0.35; P = 0.008) and F2a-IP (β=-4.30; P = 0.01) levels in all participants. In addition, DDS was inversely related to 8-OHdG (β=-1.25; P = 0.01) and F2a-IP (β=-11.67; P = 0.04) levels in all participants.

Conclusions

Food quality scores and dietary diversity of footballers’ diets were found to be higher in comparison to the non-athletes. Furthermore, a higher FQS and DDS were associated with lower levels of oxidative biomarkers in all participants.
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Metadata
Title
Diet diversity and food quality score in male football players and healthy non-athlete controls in relation to oxidative stress biomarkers: a descriptive-analytical study
Authors
Mahsa Zare
Maede Makhtoomi
Fatemeh Mansouri
Mehran Nouri
Parvin Sarbakhsh
Mohammad Hasan Eftekhari
Bahram Pourghassem Gargari
Zainab Shateri
Publication date
01-12-2023
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation / Issue 1/2023
Electronic ISSN: 2052-1847
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-023-00748-7

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