Diet-quality scores and the risk of symptomatic gallstone disease: a prospective cohort study of male US health professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the association between three diet-quality scores corresponding to adherence to healthy dietary patterns [alternate Mediterranean (aMed), Alternate Healthy Eating Index (AHEI-2010), Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH)] and the risk of symptomatic gallstone disease.

Methods

The study comprised 43 635 men of the Health Professionals Follow-up Study-an ongoing prospective cohort study of US health professionals. Participants were free of symptomatic gallstone disease and diabetes and provided dietary information every 4 years from 1986 (baseline) until 2012. The aMed, AHEI-2010 and DASH scores were generated and associated with the risk of symptomatic gallstone disease using Cox proportional hazards regression.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Wirth J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6280928 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature