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Consumption of whole grains and cereal fiber and total and cause-specific mortality: prospective analysis of 367,442 individuals

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Medicine, March 2015
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Title
Consumption of whole grains and cereal fiber and total and cause-specific mortality: prospective analysis of 367,442 individuals
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BMC Medicine, March 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12916-015-0294-7
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Tao Huang, Min Xu, Albert Lee, Susan Cho, Lu Qi

Abstract

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. 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. 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). 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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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Sweden 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Unknown 183 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 28 15%
Student > Bachelor 28 15%
Researcher 22 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 9%
Other 13 7%
Other 37 20%
Unknown 40 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 34 18%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 30 16%
Nursing and Health Professions 26 14%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 15 8%
Engineering 7 4%
Other 25 14%
Unknown 48 26%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 324. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 November 2023.
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#102,947
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#99
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#1,040
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#5
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