Association of Vegetable, Fruit, and Okinawan Vegetable Consumption With Incident Stroke and Coronary Heart Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies have investigated the effects of Okinawan vegetable consumption on the risk of incident stroke and coronary heart disease. This study aimed to examine associations of vegetable, fruit, and Okinawan vegetable consumption with risk of incident stroke and coronary heart disease in the Japanese population of Okinawa.

Methods

The study design was a prospective cohort study. During 1995-1998, a validated food frequency questionnaire was administered in two study areas to 16,498 participants aged 45-74 years. In 217,467 person-years of follow-up until the end of 2012, a total of 839 stroke cases and 197 coronary heart disease cases were identified.

Results

No statistically significant association between total Okinawan vegetable consumption and risk of

SUBMITTER: Yoshizaki T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6908839 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature