Association of the frequency of spicy food intake and the risk of abdominal obesity in rural Chinese adults: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Recent data relating to the association between spicy food intake frequency and abdominal obesity are limited, especially in low-income areas. Therefore, the study explored the relationship between spicy food intake frequency and abdominal obesity, and assessed the role of energy intake as a mediator of these associations in a rural Chinese adult population.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Rural Chinese adult population.

Participants

Subjects from Henan Rural Cohort Study (n=28 773).

Primary outcome measures

The effects of spicy food intake frequency on abdominal obesity were analysed by restricted cubic spline and logistic regression, and the mediation effect was analysed using the bootstrap method.

Results

The adjusted percentag

SUBMITTER: Yang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6858110 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature