Association Between Dietary Factors and Mortality From Heart Disease, Stroke, and Type 2 Diabetes in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In the United States, national associations of individual dietary factors with specific cardiometabolic diseases are not well established.

Objective

To estimate associations of intake of 10 specific dietary factors with mortality due to heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes (cardiometabolic mortality) among US adults.

Design, setting, and participants

A comparative risk assessment model incorporated data and corresponding uncertainty on population demographics and dietary habits from National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (1999-2002: n = 8104; 2009-2012: n = 8516); estimated associations of diet and disease from meta-analyses of prospective studies and clinical trials with validity analyses to assess potential bias; and estimated disease-spe

SUBMITTER: Micha R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5852674 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature