Associations of breakfast cereal consumption with all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a large-scale prospective analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies have explored the relationship between breakfast cereal consumption and mortality risk, but these studies reported inconsistent findings and did not distinguish between consumers of different breakfast cereal types. This prospective cohort study aims to elucidate the dose-response relationship between specific breakfast cereal types and mortality risk.

Methods

A total of 186,168 participants aged 40 to 69 years from UK Biobank that completed at least one online 24-hour dietary recall questionnaire and reported information on breakfast cereal consumption were included. Self-reported types and amounts of dietary breakfast cereal intake, and mortality from CVD (cardiovascular disease), cancer, and all causes were estimated. Cox regression analyses we

SUBMITTER: Lin Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11934668 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature