Open AccessBreakfast Cereals and Risk of Heart Failure in the Physicians' Health Study I
Author(s) -
Luc Djoussé,
J. Michael Gaziano
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.167.19.2080
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , heart failure , proportional hazards model , myocardial infarction , population , confidence interval , lower risk , cardiology , environmental health
Heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of hospitalization among the elderly population in the United States. Consumption of grain products and dietary fiber has been shown to reduce the risk of hypertension and myocardial infarction. However, it is not known whether a higher consumption of breakfast cereals is associated with risk of HF.
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