Fried food consumption and risk of coronary artery disease: The Million Veteran Program.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Previous studies of the relationship between fried food consumption and coronary artery disease (CAD) have yielded conflicting results. We tested the hypothesis that frequent fried food consumption is associated with a higher risk of incident CAD events in Million Veteran Program (MVP) participants.

Methods

Veterans Health Administration electronic health record data were linked to questionnaires completed at MVP enrollment. Self-reported fried food consumption at baseline was categorized: (<1, 1-3, 4-6 times per week or daily). The outcome of interest was non-fatal myocardial infarction or CAD events. We fitted a Cox regression model adjusting for age, sex, race, education, exercise, smoking and alcohol consumption.

Results

Of 154,663 MVP enrollees with

SUBMITTER: Honerlaw JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7042950 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature