Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Association of Low-Carbohydrate Diet With Mortality in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Evidence linking low-carbohydrate diets (LCDs) to mortality is limited among multiethnic populations.

Objective

To evaluate the association between LCDs and mortality by race and ethnicity.

Design, setting, and participants

The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis is a large, population-based prospective cohort study of adults aged 45 to 84 years recruited from 6 US communities. A total of 6109 participants without baseline cardiovascular disease were included in this analysis. Baseline data were collected from July 2000 to August 2002, with follow-up completed by December 2017. The data were analyzed between May 2021 and April 2022.

Exposures

Food frequency questionnaires were used to assess dietary intake. From these data, overall LCD scores were

SUBMITTER: Oh SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9585425 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature