Nut consumption and risk of mortality in the physicians' health study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 407-412

  Hshieh, Tammy T ^a,b   Petrone, Andrew B ^a   Gaziano, J Michael ^a,c   Djoussé, Luc ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Coronary artery disease; Mortality; Nut consumption; Nuts

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; EXERCISE; FAT INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FRUIT; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAGNESIUM INTAKE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUT; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RED MEAT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; VEGETABLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); UNITED STATES;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84922721658     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.099846     Document Type: Article

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