Carbohydrate quality and quantity and risk of coronary heart disease among US women and men.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The carbohydrate-to-fiber ratio is a recommended measure of carbohydrate quality; however, its relation to incident coronary heart disease (CHD) is not currently known.

Objective

We aimed to assess the relation between various measures of carbohydrate quality and incident CHD.

Design

Data on diet and lifestyle behaviors were prospectively collected on 75,020 women and 42,865 men participating in the Nurses' Health Study (NHS) and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (HPFS) starting in 1984 and 1986, respectively, and every 2-4 y thereafter until 2012. All participants were free of known diabetes mellitus, cancer, or cardiovascular disease at baseline. Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to assess the relation between dietary measures of

SUBMITTER: AlEssa HB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6454480 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature