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Characteristics of mixed cereal eaters in Korean genome epidemiology study(KoGES)
Author(s) -
Ahn Younjhin,
Kim Hyomi,
Joo Seongeun,
Ryu Jongeun,
Park Yongchul,
Oh Kyungsoo,
Park Chan
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.21.6.a742-a
Subject(s) - medicine , red meat , waist , blood pressure , zoology , obesity , food science , biology , pathology
To study the health effect of cooked rice with mixed cereal, we compared food consumption patterns and several factors (fasting and 2‐hr blood glucose, total and HDL‐cholesterol, triglyceride, blood pressure, waist circumference, weight, BMI) between rice with mixed cereal eaters (MCE; 3 times/day) and well‐milled rice eaters (WRE; else). The cohort at KoGES consisted of residents aged 40–69 years from two districts in Korea. The subjects participated baseline(¡ ¯ 01–¡ ¯ 02) and 2‐year follow‐up(¡ ¯ 03–¡ ¯ 04) study. MCE(n=2,287) and WRE(n=4,476) were classified based on the food frequency questionnaire from baseline data. Proportion of female subjects was higher in MCE, but lower in WRE. Mean age was significantly higher in MCE(52.5 yrs) than in WRE(51.1 yrs). There was no difference in vegetable consumption frequencies, but other known healthy foods like Kimchi, soybean, fruits, red flesh fish, seaweed, yogurt, green tea and even meat showed higher consumption in MCE. Coffee was consumed higher in WRE. Among the health indices, fasting and 2‐hr blood glucose levels at baseline were higher in MCE, but the others were similar between the two groups. Two years later, although MCE were older, health indices remained similar except weight and diastolic blood pressure. The two indices were lower in MCE than WRE. These results imply ‘mixed cereal’ as a healthy food although MCE also concerns subjects’ eating habits.