Association of Nut Consumption with Risk of Stroke and Cardiovascular Disease: The Million Veteran Program.

ABSTRACT: Cardiovascular disease (CVD), including stroke and coronary artery disease (CAD), is the major cause of mortality for Americans. Nuts have been shown to improve a variety of cardiovascular disease risk factors. This study aimed to test the hypothesis that nut consumption is inversely associated with risk of incidence of stroke, CAD, and CVD mortality in the prospective Million Veterans Program (MVP). A total of 179,827 MVP participants enrolled between 2011 and 2018 were free of CVD prior to assessment of nut consumption via the food frequency questionnaire. Incident stroke and CVD events were ascertained from the Veterans Affairs electronic medical health records and the National Death Index. We used the Cox regression model to compute multivariable adjusted hazard ratios. Over the 3.5-ye

SUBMITTER: Ivey KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8472092 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature