Dietary soy intake is not associated with risk of cardiovascular disease mortality in Singapore Chinese adults.

ABSTRACT: Although soy food has been recommended because of its presumed cardiovascular benefits, the long-term prospective association between habitual soy food intake and cardiovascular disease mortality remains unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the relation of soy protein and isoflavone intake with the risk of cardiovascular disease mortality in middle-aged and older Chinese adults residing in Singapore. The Singapore Chinese Health Study is a population-based study that recruited 63,257 Chinese adults aged 45-74 y from 1993 to 1998. Usual diet was measured at recruitment by using a validated semiquantitative food-frequency questionnaire, and mortality information was identified via registry linkage until 31 December 2011. Cox proportional hazards models were used to calculate HRs, with adjus

SUBMITTER: Talaei M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4018954 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature