Diet quality, change in diet quality and risk of incident CVD and diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to assess the prospective association between diet quality, as well as a 6-year change in diet quality, and risk of incident CVD and diabetes in a community-based population.

Design

We used Cox regression models to estimate the prospective association between diet quality, assessed using the Healthy Eating Index (HEI)-2015 and the Alternative HEI (AHEI)-2010 scores, as well as change in diet quality, and incident CVD and diabetes.

Setting

The ARIC Study recruited 15 792 black and white men and women (45-64 years) from four US communities.

Participants

We included 10 808 study participants who reported usual dietary intake via FFQ at visit 1 (1987-1989) and who had not developed CVD, diabetes, or cancer at baseline.

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SUBMITTER: Xu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6992481 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature