Nut consumption and incidence of metabolic syndrome after 6-year follow-up: the SUN (Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra, University of Navarra Follow-up) cohort
Fernández-Montero A, Bes-Rastrollo M, Beunza JJ, Barrio-Lopez MT, de la Fuente-Arrillaga C, Moreno-Galarraga L, Martínez-González MA
Public health nutrition · 41 citations
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How it was studied
- Design
- Cohort study (indexed by PubMed)
- Studied in
- People
- Main outcome
- Clinical events such as disease or death
- Intake measured by
- Food frequency questionnaire
Who paid for it
- Funding
- Funding not disclosed
Publication
- Published
- 2012-10-23 · Public Health Nutr · vol. 16 · issue 11 · pp. 2064–2072
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Cited
- 59 citations · more than 93% of similar papers · 3.8× the field average
- Impact
- Top 10% most cited in its field
- References
- 32 works
- Access
- Free to read
- Research areas
- Nuts composition and effects · Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies · Oral Health Pathology and Treatment
- Keywords
- Nut, Medicine, Metabolic syndrome, Confounding, Incidence (geometry), Logistic regression, Cohort, Demography, Diabetes mellitus, Prospective cohort study, Cohort study, Environmental health, Consumption (sociology), Gerontology, Internal medicine, Endocrinology
- MeSH
- humans, nuts, diet, incidence, odds ratio, follow-up studies, prospective studies, feeding behavior, universities, adult, middle aged, health personnel, spain, female, male, metabolic syndrome
7 authors
From ES
- Alejandro Fernández‐MonteroUniversidad de Navarra
- Maira Bes‐RastrolloUniversidad de Navarra
- Juan J. BeunzaUniversidad de Navarra
- María Teresa Barrio-LópezUniversidad de Navarra
- Carmen de la Fuente‐ArrillagaUniversidad de Navarra
- Laura Moreno‐GalarragaUniversidad de Navarra
Abstract
Objective
To assess the long-term relationship between tree nut consumption and the risk of developing metabolic syndrome (MetS).
Design
Nut consumption was collected using a validated 136-item FFQ. The MetS was defined according to the International Diabetes Federation and American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute harmonizing definition. The association between nut consumption and MetS was assessed with logistic regression models adjusting for potential confounders. We compared the incidence of MetS between extreme categories of nut intake (> or = 2 servings/week v. never/almost never) after 6 years of follow-up.
Setting
The SUN Project (Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra, University of Navarra Follow-up) is a prospective cohort study, formed of Spanish university graduates. Information is gathered by mailed questionnaires collected biennially. Nut consumption and MetS information was collected by self-reported data.
Subjects
Participants (n 9887) initially free of MetS or diabetes and followed up for a minimum of 6 years were included.
Results
We observed 567 new cases of MetS during follow-up. Participants who consumed nuts > or = 2 servings/week presented a 32% lower risk of developing MetS than those who never/almost never consumed (adjusted OR = 0.68, 95% CI 0.50, 0.92). The inverse association was stronger among participants who were health professionals.
Conclusions
Nut consumption was significantly associated with lower risk of developing MetS after a 6-year follow-up period in a cohort of Spanish graduates.
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