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Intake of vegetables, legumes, and fruit, and risk for all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality in a European diabetic population
- Source :
- The Journal of Nutrition. April, 2008, Vol. 138 Issue 4, p775, 7 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- We examined the associations of intake of vegetables, legumes and fruit with all-cause and cause-specific morality in a population with prevalent diabetes in Europe. A cohort of 10,449 participants with self-reported diabetes within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study was followed for a mean of 9 y. Intakes of vegetables, legumes, and fruit were assessed at baseline between 1992 and 2000 using validated country-specific questionnaires. A total of 1346 deaths occurred. Multivariate relative risks (RR) for all-cause mortality were estimated in Cox regression models and RR for causespecific mortality were derived in a competing risk model. An increment in intake of total vegetables, legumes, and fruit of 80 g/d was associated with a RR of death from all causes of 0.94 [95% CI 0.9043.98]. Analyzed separately, vegetables and legumes were associated with a significantly reduced risk, whereas nonsignificant inverse associations for fruit intake were observed. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality and mortality due to non-CVD/non-cancer causes were significantly inversely associated with intake of total vegetables, legumes, and fruit (RR 0.88 [95% CI 0.81-0.95] and 0.90 [0.82-0.99], respectively) but not cancer mortality (1.08 [0.99-1.17]). Intake of vegetables, legumes, and fruit was associated with reduced risks of allcause and CVD mortality in a diabetic population. The findings support the current state of evidence from general population studies that the protective potential of vegetable and fruit intake is larger for CVD than for cancer and suggest that diabetes patients may benefit from a diet high in vegetables and fruits.
- Subjects :
- Vegetables -- Nutritional aspects
Vegetables -- Health aspects
Beans -- Health aspects
Beans -- Nutritional aspects
Legumes -- Health aspects
Legumes -- Nutritional aspects
Mimosaceae -- Health aspects
Mimosaceae -- Nutritional aspects
Fruit -- Nutritional aspects
Fruit -- Health aspects
Diabetics -- Food and nutrition
Cardiovascular diseases -- Prevention
Cancer -- Prevention
Cancer -- Nutritional aspects
Food/cooking/nutrition
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00223166
- Volume :
- 138
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- The Journal of Nutrition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.177720537