Low-carbohydrate diets and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: two cohort studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Data on the long-term association between low-carbohydrate diets and mortality are sparse.

Objective

To examine the association of low-carbohydrate diets with mortality during 26 years of follow-up in women and 20 years in men.

Design

Prospective cohort study of women and men who were followed from 1980 (women) or 1986 (men) until 2006. Low-carbohydrate diets, either animal-based (emphasizing animal sources of fat and protein) or vegetable-based (emphasizing vegetable sources of fat and protein), were computed from several validated food-frequency questionnaires assessed during follow-up.

Setting

Nurses' Health Study and Health Professionals' Follow-up Study.

Participants

85 168 women (aged 34 to 59 years at baseline) and 44 548 men (aged 40 t

SUBMITTER: Fung TT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2989112 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature