Dietary patterns and mortality in a Chinese population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Limited research has examined the association between dietary patterns and mortality, especially in non-Western populations.

Objective

We examined the association of dietary patterns with all-cause mortality and cause-specific mortality in the Singapore Chinese Health Study, which included a unique ethnic population with strong Western and South Asian cultural influences.

Design

We conducted a prospective data analysis of the Singapore Chinese Health Study, which included 52,584 Chinese men and women (aged 45-74 y) who were free of diabetes, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cancer at baseline (1993-1998) and followed through 2011 with 10,029 deaths. The following 2 major dietary patterns were identified by using a principal components analysis: a vegetable

SUBMITTER: Odegaard AO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4135496 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature