Association Between Healthy Eating Patterns and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend multiple healthy eating patterns. However, few studies have examined the associations of adherence to different dietary patterns with long-term risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Objective

To examine the associations of dietary scores for 4 healthy eating patterns with risk of incident CVD.

Design, setting, and participants

Prospective cohort study of initially healthy women from the Nurses' Health Study (NHS) (1984-2016) and the NHS II (1991-2017) and men from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS) (1986-2012). The dates of analysis were July 25 to December 4, 2019.

Exposures

Healthy Eating Index-2015 (HEI-2015), Alternate Mediterranean Diet Score (AMED), Healthful Plant-Based Diet

SUBMITTER: Shan Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7296454 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature