Dietary patterns and the risk of mortality: impact of cardiorespiratory fitness
Author(s) -
Mariane Héroux,
Ian Janssen,
Miu Lam,
Duck-chul Lee,
James R. Hébert,
Xuemei Sui,
Steven N. Blair
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyp191
Subject(s) - cardiorespiratory fitness , medicine , body mass index , confounding , hazard ratio , national death index , demography , cohort study , proportional hazards model , prospective cohort study , uric acid , gerontology , confidence interval , sociology
While dietary patterns that are both predictive of chronic disease and mortality have been identified, the confounding effects of cardiorespiratory fitness have not been properly addressed. The primary objective was to assess the relation between dietary patterns with all-cause mortality, while controlling for the potentially confounding effects of fitness.
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