Fruit, vegetable, and legume intake, and cardiovascular disease and deaths in 18 countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study

The Lancet

Volumn 390, Issue 10107, 2017, Pages 2037-2049

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^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Department of Preventive Cardiology and Internal Medicine   (India)

^e MADRAS DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^f SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^h INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

ⁱ SISLI HAMIDIYE ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^j UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^k UCSI UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^l DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGY   (Malaysia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

ⁿ Estudios Clinicos Latinoamerica ECLA   (Argentina)

^o INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^p ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^q UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^r WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^s UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^t DUBAI HEALTH AUTHORITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^u AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^v UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^w LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^x SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^y Health Action by People   (India)

^z FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^aa Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences ^*

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; DATA BASE; DEATH; EUROPE; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEGUME; LIFESTYLE; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MIDDLE EAST; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FABACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INCOME; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FABACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 85028451132     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32253-5     Document Type: Article

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