Intake of whole grain foods and risk of coronary heart disease in US men and women.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Epidemiological studies have demonstrated a favorable association of whole grain intake with coronary heart disease (CHD) risk, although whether such an inverse association holds true for individual whole grain foods that have various nutritional profiles has not been examined.

Methods

We followed 74,244 women from Nurses' Health Study since 1986, 91,430 women from Nurses' Health Study II since 1991, and 39,455 men from the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study since 1984, who did not have a history of cardiovascular disease or cancer at baseline. Intake of seven individual whole grain foods was repeatedly assessed using a validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire every 2-4 years since baseline. CHD diagnoses were ascertained through review of medica

SUBMITTER: Hu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9185912 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature