Healthy diet indicator and mortality in Eastern European populations: prospective evidence from the HAPIEE cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Unhealthy diet has been proposed as one of the main reasons for the high mortality in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the former Soviet Union (FSU) but individual-level effects of dietary habits on health in the region are sparse. We examined the associations between the healthy diet indicator (HDI) and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in three CEE/FSU populations.

Subjects/methods

Dietary intakes of foods and nutrients, assessed by food frequency questionnaire in the Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial Factors in Eastern Europe (HAPIEE) cohort study, were used to construct the HDI, which follows the WHO 2003 dietary recommendations. Among 18 559 eligible adult participants (age range: 45-69 years) without a history of major chronic diseases at

SUBMITTER: Stefler D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4209172 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature