Associations between dietary methods and biomarkers, and between fruits and vegetables and risk of ischaemic heart disease, in the EPIC Norfolk Cohort Study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 978-987

  Bingham, Sheila ^a,b   Luben, Robert ^b   Welch, Ailsa ^b   Low, Yen Ling ^a   Khaw, Kay Tee ^b   Wareham, Nick ^b,c   Day, Nick ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Diet; EPIC; Food diaries; Food frequency questionnaires; Ischaemic heart disease

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; DAIDZEIN; FAT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHYTOESTROGEN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BIOMARKER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET; FRUIT; HEALTH RISK; NUTRITION; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE LEVEL; VEGETABLE;

AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTENOIDS; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; VEGETABLES; VITAMINS;

EID: 53349127228     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn111     Document Type: Article

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