Journal article
Meal patterns and incident hypertension in community-dwelling middle-aged adults: An 11-year follow-up cohort study
X Shang, A Flehr, Y Fang, M He
Journal of Hypertension | LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS | Published : 2021
Abstract
Objective:We aimed to examine whether meal patterns, as well as energy intake from three main meals and snacks, were associated with incident hypertension.Methods:We included 12 995 participants aged 18-59 years from the China Health and Nutrition Survey in the final analysis. Dietary intake was assessed using weighing methods in combination with 24-h food records. Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to examine the association of meal patterns, and energy intake from different meals with incident hypertension.Results:During a mean follow-up of 11.2 years, 4766 new hypertension cases were documented. Four meal patterns were derived according to energy intake: balanced, breakf..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The current research uses data from China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS). We thank the National Institute for Nutrition and Health, China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Carolina Population Center (P2C HD050924, T32 HD007168), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the NIH (R01-HD30880, DK056350, R24 HD050924, and R01-HD38700) and the NIH Fogarty International Center (D43 TW009077, D43 TW007709) for financial support for the CHNS data collection and analysis files from 1989 to 2015 and future surveys, and the China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Ministry of Health for support for CHNS 2009, Chinese National Human Genome Center at Shanghai since 2009, and Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Prevention and Control since 2011. The publication of this article was supported by Fundamental Research Funds of the State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology. The funding source had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the article; and decision to submit the article for publication.