Apple intake is inversely associated with all-cause and disease-specific mortality in elderly women

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 860-867

  Hodgson, Jonathan M ^a   Prince, Richard L ^a,b   Woodman, Richard J ^c   Bondonno, Catherine P ^a   Ivey, Kerry L ^d   Bondonno, Nicola ^a   Rimm, Eric B ^d   Ward, Natalie C ^a,e   Croft, Kevin D ^a   Lewis, Joshua R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; Apples; Cancer; CVD; Disease specific mortality; Fruits

Indexed keywords

AGED; APPLE INTAKE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; AUSTRALIA; FOLLOW UP; LIFESTYLE; MALUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSA; NEOPLASM; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRUIT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALUS; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUSA; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84958653805     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114515005231     Document Type: Article

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