Nut Consumption and Cardiovascular Risk in Older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.
- Yangbo Sun
- Chao Qiang Jiang
- Kar Keung Cheng
- Wei Sen Zhang
- Gabriel M Leung
- Tai Hing Lam
- C Mary Schooling
DOIAbstract
In Western contexts nut consumption is associated with better health. We examined the associations of nut consumption with cardiovascular disease risk in the non-Western setting of Southern China.In the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study we used multivariable linear regression to examine the associations of baseline nut (mainly peanuts) consumption (none (n = 6688), <3 portions/week (n = 2596) and ≥3 portions/week (n = 2444)) with follow-up assessment of Framingham cardiovascular disease score (excluding smoking) and its components in older Chinese (≥50 years) (follow-up 57.8%).Nut consumption was not associated with Framingham score (≥3 portions/week compared to none: 0.02 95% confidence interval (CI) -0.11 to 0.15), systolic blood pressure (-...
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