Rice consumption, incidence of chronic diseases and risk of mortality: meta-analysis of cohort studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Findings from cohort studies investigating the association between rice consumption and risk of chronic diseases or mortality have been inconsistent. We performed a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis on all published cohort studies examining white rice consumption in relation to incidence of chronic diseases or risk of mortality.

Design

A systematic literature search of MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane review, Google Scholar and Scopus databases for relevant cohort studies published until July 2014. For systematic review, we found nineteen studies examining the association between rice intake and risk of chronic diseases (obesity, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, CVD and cancers) or mortality. Cohort studies which reported relative risk (RR) or o

SUBMITTER: Saneei P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10261662 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature