Fresh fruit consumption and risk of incident albuminuria among rural Chinese adults: A village-based prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Recent studies showed that increased fresh fruit consumption is significantly associated with lower risks of diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease (CVD); other studies suggested that albuminuria is associated with diabetes, hypertension, and CVD. Therefore, we hypothesized that lower fresh fruit consumption is associated with higher risk of incident albuminuria among Chinese adults in rural areas, where fresh fruit consumption level is very low and prevalence of albuminuria is high. METHODS:We tested the hypothesis in a village-based cohort study of 3574 participants aged ≥ 30 years from the Handan Eye Study conducted from 2006 to 2013. Albuminuria was defined as urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio ≥ 30 mg/g. RESULTS:Overall, 35.4% of the participants never or rarel

SUBMITTER: Wen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5967721 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature