Association of fried food consumption with all cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality: prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the prospective association of total and individual fried food consumption with all cause and cause specific mortality in women in the United States.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Women's Health Initiative conducted in 40 clinical centers in the US.

Participants

106 966 postmenopausal women aged 50-79 at study entry who were enrolled between September 1993 and 1998 in the Women's Health Initiative and followed until February 2017.

Main outcome measures

All cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, and cancer mortality.

Results

31 558 deaths occurred during 1 914 691 person years of follow-up. For total fried food consumption, when comparing at least one serving per day with no consumption, the multivariable adjuste

SUBMITTER: Sun Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6342269 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature