Longitudinal association between egg consumption and the risk of cardiovascular disease: interaction with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

It remains unclear if high egg consumption has beneficial or adverse effects on cardiometabolic health. The present study prospectively evaluated the longitudinal association between egg-consumption levels and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD) among Korean adults.

Subjects/methods

We conducted a prospective cohort study of 9248 Korean adults aged 40-69 years without CVD or cancer at the baseline from the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study, Ansung-Ansan cohort, South Korea. The egg intake of the participants was estimated using a validated semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire at the baseline and the second follow-up examination and categorized into quartiles. CVD cases were identified using biennial questionnaires and confirmed through rep

SUBMITTER: Jang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5916923 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature