Dietary starch intake of individuals and their blood pressure: the International Study of Macronutrients and Micronutrients and Blood Pressure.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Data from the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial show an independent direct association between starch intake and blood pressure in American men at higher risk of coronary heart disease. Cross-sectional data from the International Study of Macronutrients and Micronutrients and Blood Pressure (INTERMAP) were used to assess relations of dietary starch intake to blood pressure in men and women from four countries.

Methods

Data include 83 nutrients from four multipass 24-h dietary recalls and two timed 24-h urine collections; eight blood pressure readings; and questionnaire data, for 4680 participants aged 40-59 years from 17 population samples in Japan, People's Republic of China, United Kingdom, and United States of America.

Results

In multiple linear reg

SUBMITTER: Brown IJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3111912 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature