Whole-grain products and whole-grain types are associated with lower all-cause and cause-specific mortality in the Scandinavian HELGA cohort

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 608-623

  Johnsen, Nina F ^a   Frederiksen, Kirsten ^a   Christensen, Jane ^a   Skeie, Guri ^b   Lund, Eiliv ^b   Landberg, Rikard ^c,d   Johansson, Ingegerd ^e   Nilsson, Lena M ^e   Halkjær, Jytte ^a   Olsen, Anja ^a   Overvad, Kim ^f,g   Tjonneland, Anne ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Mortality; Whole grain products; Whole grain types

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAD; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH CITIZEN; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GRAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE RATIO; NORWEGIAN (PEOPLE); OAT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RYE; SCANDINAVIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDISH CITIZEN; WHOLE GRAIN PRODUCT; WHOLE GRAIN TYPE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DENMARK; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD HANDLING; NEOPLASM; NORWAY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; THERAPEUTIC USE; WHEAT;

SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

ADULT; AVENA SATIVA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREALS; DENMARK; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM;

EID: 84939575842     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114515001701     Document Type: Article

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