Prospective Association of the Mediterranean Diet with the Onset of Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity in a UK-Based Cohort: The EPIC-Norfolk Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiometabolic multimorbidity (CMM), defined as the co-occurrence of 2 or more cardiometabolic diseases, including myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, and type 2 diabetes (T2D), is an increasing public health challenge. Although poor diet is a known risk factor for a first cardiometabolic disease (FCMD), the relationship with subsequent occurrence of CMM is less studied.

Objectives

This study aims to investigate the prospective association between baseline adherence to the Mediterranean diet and the onset of CMM across various follow-up durations.

Methods

We used data from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer-Norfolk cohort study of 21,900 adults, aged 40-79 free of prevalent MI, stroke, and T2D at baseline (1993-1997). A median-based Mediter

SUBMITTER: Wang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11662236 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature