Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and the Incidence of Hypertension in Three Prospective Cohort Studies.

ABSTRACT: Increased fruit and vegetable intake lowers blood pressure in short-term interventional studies. However, data on the association of long-term intake of fruits and vegetables with hypertension risk are scarce. We prospectively examined the independent association of whole fruit (excluding juices) and vegetable intake, as well as the change in consumption of whole fruits and vegetables, with incident hypertension in 3 large longitudinal cohort studies: Nurses' Health Study (n=62 175), Nurses' Health Study II (n=88 475), and Health Professionals Follow-up Study (n=36 803). We calculated hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals for fruit and vegetable consumption while controlling for hypertension risk factors. Compared with participants whose consumption was ≤4 servings/week, the pooled ha

SUBMITTER: Borgi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5350612 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature