eng Science and Education Publishing Journal of Food and Nutrition Research 2333-1240 2019-02-18 7 2 141 147 10.12691/jfnr-7-2-6 JFNR2019726 article Brenda Kelly Souza Silveira 1 Juliana Farias de Novaes 1 Nínive de Almeida Reis 1 Larissa Pereira Louren?o 1 Ana Helena Moretto Capobiango 1 Arieta Carla Gualandi Leal 1 Helen Hermana Miranda Hermsdorff helenhermana@ufv.br 1 Department of Nutrition and Health, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, Brazil We investigated the association of social and lifestyle factors with diet quality in a cardiometabolic risk population. Cross-sectional data was from 265 subjects (aged 42 ± 16 years) attended at the Cardiovascular Health Care Program - PROCARDIO UFV (ReBEC identifier: RBR-5n4y2g). A 24-hour recall was applied and the Revised Healthy Eating Index (R-HEI) was calculated. Socioeconomic and lifestyle data were collected by chart analysis. Women (PR = 1.02, 95% CI: 1.01, 1.04), elderly (PR = 1.05, 95% CI: 1.02, 1.15), and those who eventually drink alcohol (PR = 1.02, 95% CI 1.01, 1.15) presented better diet quality (R-HEI> 70.8 points). Single subjects (PR = 0.89, 95% CI: 0.82, 0.98) and those with higher educational status (PR = 0.90, 95% CI 0.82, 0.98) presented lower score. Women had better scores on milk and dairy products, fruits and sodium. The elderly (> 60 years) presented better scores for total R-HEI, total vegetables and empty calories from solid fats, sugar and alcohol (GORD_AA) (p<0.05). Socioeconomic and lifestyle factors were associated to diet quality in cardiometabolic risk population, indicating the importance of identifying and considering in nutritional education strategies. http://pubs.sciepub.com/jfnr/7/2/6/jfnr-7-2-6.pdf Healthy Eating Index diet quality educational status lifestyle sociodemographic factors