Associations between dietary copper intake, general obesity and abdominal obesity risk: A nationwide cohort study in China.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Copper plays a crucial role in redox reactions. The aims of this research are to examine the effects of copper consumption on general obesity and abdominal obesity risk.

Methods

Overall, data of 13,282 participants were obtained from the China Health and Nutrition Survey (1997-2011). A combination of individual 24-h recall and household survey was used to assess dietary intake. Time-dependent mixed effect Cox regression model treating family as a random effect were used to assess the associations between quintiles of copper intake, general obesity and abdominal obesity risk. Obesity was defined by BMI ≥ 28 kg/m2, and abdominal obesity was defined as waist circumference ≥85 cm in men and ≥80 cm in women.

Results

During follow-up, 1,073 and 4,583 incident case

SUBMITTER: Wang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9716269 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature