Gender difference in the association of dietary intake of antioxidant vitamins with kidney function in middle-aged and elderly Japanese.

ABSTRACT: Dietary intake modification is important for the treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD); however, little is known about the association between dietary intake of antioxidant vitamins and kidney function based on gender difference. We examined the relationship of dietary intake of antioxidant vitamins with decreased kidney function according to gender in Japanese subjects. This population-based, cross-sectional study included 936 Japanese participants with the age of 40 years or older. A validated brief self-administered diet history questionnaire was used to measure dietary intakes of vitamin E and its four isoforms, vitamin A and vitamin C. Decreased kidney function was defined as estimated glomerular filtration rate <60 ml/min/1·73 m². A total of 498 (53·2 %) of the study p

SUBMITTER: Hara A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8057365 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature