Assesment of coronary heart disease patients aspect of changeable risk factors and healthy eating index

The aim of this study, admitted patients who have coronary heart disease diagnosis in Dicle University Medicine Faculty Cardiology Clinic are assessment aspect of changeable risk factors and developed Healthy Eating Index (HEI) according to dietary intake. Also we have examined the relation between HEI and biochemical indicators of patients. This study is held on the patients admitted in Dicle University Medicine Faculty Cardiology Clinic the ages of 26 - 85 years and 68.5 % men and 31.5 % women. Men patients education degree are 42.8 % primary school, 20.5 % secondary school, 10.8 % high school and university. 89.5 % women patients have no education. Monthly salaries of the most patients (69.4%) are 400-600 YTL. Daily physical activities of the most patients (76.1%) are low. Relation with physical activity, the most of patients (61.2 %) are obese. Waist circumference of 46.3 % patients and waist to hip ratio of 82.2 % of patients are above border level. Coronary heart disease patients have hypertension (38.8 %), diabetes (19.4 %) and smoking (36.0 %).According to DQI, dietary pattern of 22.7 % patients are bad, 75.2% patients are required correction, and 2.1% patients are good. In recent years, HEI is often used. Patients who have HEI scores ranging between 0-50 (bad) were 30.2 %, HEI scores ranging between 51-80 (required correction) were 67.4 %, HEI scores ranging between 81-100 (good) were 2.5 %.An inverse relationship was found between DQI, HEI scores and daily total- saturated-extra fat, dietary cholesterol and positive relationship was found daily fruit consumption of all participants. Patients graduated higher schools have higher DQI and HEI than patients graduated primary and intermediate school according to education. Patients have significantly different HEI according to total and saturated fat, dietary cholesterol, fruit and vegetables, meat and milk. We have found that coronary artery disease patients have bad daily food intakeAccording to blood parameters, patients who have LDL cholesterol below 100 mg/dl, 32.7 % of patients have got bad HEI score, and 64.8 % of patients have got moderate HEI score. Other blood parameters have got like LDL cholesterol. In this study, according to HEI, 35.1% hypertensive patients, 29.8 % diabetic patients have got bad group.The improvements in nutrition science show that dietary pattern does not have the potential effect only on consisting and improving the optimal health condition decreasing but also on decreasing the disease risk. Nutrition education is the most important and effective way to prevent nutrition problems and to increase the life quality. it's exactly necessary that education to be widespread, effective and continuous to meet the nutrition goals.