Changes in Diet Quality Scores and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among US Men and Women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adherence to several diet quality scores, including the Alternative Healthy Eating Index, Alternative Mediterranean Diet score, and Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension, has been associated with lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), but little is known about how changes in these scores over time influence subsequent CVD risk.

Methods and results

We analyzed the association between 4-year changes in the 3 diet quality scores (Alternative Healthy Eating Index, Alternative Mediterranean Diet score, and Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension) and subsequent cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk among 29 343 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study and 51 195 women in the Nurses' Health Study (1986-2010). During 1 394 702 person-years of follow-up, we document

SUBMITTER: Sotos-Prieto M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4673892 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature