Consumption of whole grains and cereal fiber and total and cause-specific mortality: prospective analysis of 367,442 individuals
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Consumption of whole grains and cereal fiber and total and cause-specific mortality: prospective analysis of 367,442 individuals
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Erratum: Consumption of whole grains and cereal fiber and total and cause-specific mortality: prospective analysis of 367,442 individuals.BMC Med. 2015 Apr 16;13:85. doi: 10.1186/s12916-015-0338-z. BMC Med. 2015. PMID: 25927590 Free PMC article.
Abstract
Background: Intakes of whole grains and cereal fiber have been inversely associated with the risk of chronic diseases; however, their relation with total and disease-specific mortality remain unclear. We aimed to prospectively assess the association of whole grains and cereal fiber intake with all causes and cause-specific mortality.
Methods: The study included 367,442 participants from the prospective NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study (enrolled in 1995 and followed through 2009). Participants with cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and self-reported end-stage renal disease at baseline were excluded.
Results: Over an average of 14 years of follow-up, a total of 46,067 deaths were documented. Consumption of whole grains were inversely associated with risk of all-cause mortality and death from cancer, cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes, respiratory disease, infections, and other causes. In multivariable models, as compared with individuals with the lowest intakes, those in the highest intake of whole grains had a 17% (95% CI, 14-19%) lower risk of all-cause mortality and 11-48% lower risk of disease-specific mortality (all P for trend <0.023); those in the highest intake of cereal fiber had a 19% (95% CI, 16-21%) lower risk of all-cause mortality and 15-34% lower risk of disease-specific mortality (all P for trend <0.005). When cereal fiber was further adjusted, the associations of whole grains with death from CVD, respiratory disease and infections became not significant; the associations with all-cause mortality and death from cancer and diabetes were attenuated but remained significant (P for trend <0.029).
Conclusions: Consumption of whole grains and cereal fiber was inversely associated with reduced total and cause-specific mortality. Our data suggest cereal fiber is one potentially protective component.
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Nutrition: The whole cereal grain is more informative than cereal fibre.Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2015 Jul;11(7):389-90. doi: 10.1038/nrendo.2015.76. Epub 2015 May 19. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2015. PMID: 25986106 Free PMC article.
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