Antioxidant vitamin intake and mortality in three Central and Eastern European urban populations: the HAPIEE study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The aim of the study was to assess the relationships between individual-level dietary intakes of antioxidant vitamins C, E and beta-carotene with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in three Central and Eastern European (CEE) populations.

Methods

Data from the Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial factors in Eastern Europe cohort study were used. At the baseline survey, between 2002 and 2005, 28,945 men and women aged 45-69 years were examined in Novosibirsk (Russia), Krakow (Poland) and seven Czech towns. Deaths in the cohorts were identified through mortality registers. Cox regression was used to estimate the association between vitamin consumption and all-cause, cardiovascular (CVD) disease and cancer mortality.

Results

In multivariable-adjusted analyses, the

SUBMITTER: Stepaniak U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4767874 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature