Association between diet quality and incident cardiovascular disease stratified by body mass index.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Diet quality is a significant contributor to cardiovascular disease (CVD) development given its substantial influence on important downstream CVD mediators such as weight. However, it is unclear if there are additional pathways between diet quality and incident CVD independent of weight. We sought to determine if higher diet quality was associated with lower CVD risk stratified by BMI categories.

Methods

Prospective cohort data from the Lifetime Risk Pooling Project (LRPP) was analyzed. Diet data from 6 US cohorts were harmonized. The alternative Healthy Eating Index-2010 (aHEI-2010) score was calculated for each participant. Within each cohort, participants were divided into aHEI-2010 quintiles. The primary outcome of interest was composite incident CVD event incl

SUBMITTER: Kong NW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8636768 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature