RESEARCH ARTICLE
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study Yangbo Sun1, Chao Qiang Jiang2, Kar Keung Cheng3, Wei Sen Zhang2, Gabriel M. Leung1, Tai Hing Lam1*, C. Mary Schooling1,4 1 School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 2 Guangzhou Number 12 Hospital, Guangzhou, China, 3 Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 4 School of Public Health, CUNY, New York, United States of America * [email protected]
Abstract OPEN ACCESS Citation: Sun Y, Jiang CQ, Cheng KK, Zhang WS, Leung GM, Lam TH, et al. (2015) Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study. PLoS ONE 10(8): e0135380. doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0135380 Editor: David Fardo, University of Kentucky, UNITED STATES Received: January 20, 2015 Accepted: July 21, 2015
Objective To examine the adjusted associations of fruit consumption and vegetable consumption with the Framingham score and its components in the non-Western setting of Southern China, considering health status.
Method Linear regression was used to assess the cross-sectional associations of fruit and vegetable consumption with the Framingham score and its components, among 19,518 older Chinese (50 years) from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study in Southern China (2003– 2006), and whether these differed by health status.
Published: August 10, 2015 Copyright: © 2015 Sun et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Data Availability Statement: Due to ethical restrictions protecting patient privacy, data available on request from the GBCS Data Access Committee. Please contact us at [email protected]. Funding: This work was supported by The University of Hong Kong Foundation for Development and Research, and the University of Hong Kong University Research Committee Strategic Research Theme Public Health, Hong Kong; Guangzhou Public Health Bureau, and Guangzhou Science and Technology Bureau, Guangzhou, China; and The University of Birmingham, UK. The funding sources
Results The association of fruit consumption with the Framingham score varied by health status (P-value
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study Yangbo Sun1, Chao Qiang Jiang2, Kar Keung Cheng3, Wei Sen Zhang2, Gabriel M. Leung1, Tai Hing Lam1*, C. Mary Schooling1,4 1 School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 2 Guangzhou Number 12 Hospital, Guangzhou, China, 3 Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 4 School of Public Health, CUNY, New York, United States of America * [email protected]
Abstract OPEN ACCESS Citation: Sun Y, Jiang CQ, Cheng KK, Zhang WS, Leung GM, Lam TH, et al. (2015) Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Older Chinese: The Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study. PLoS ONE 10(8): e0135380. doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0135380 Editor: David Fardo, University of Kentucky, UNITED STATES Received: January 20, 2015 Accepted: July 21, 2015
Objective To examine the adjusted associations of fruit consumption and vegetable consumption with the Framingham score and its components in the non-Western setting of Southern China, considering health status.
Method Linear regression was used to assess the cross-sectional associations of fruit and vegetable consumption with the Framingham score and its components, among 19,518 older Chinese (50 years) from the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study in Southern China (2003– 2006), and whether these differed by health status.
Published: August 10, 2015 Copyright: © 2015 Sun et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Data Availability Statement: Due to ethical restrictions protecting patient privacy, data available on request from the GBCS Data Access Committee. Please contact us at [email protected]. Funding: This work was supported by The University of Hong Kong Foundation for Development and Research, and the University of Hong Kong University Research Committee Strategic Research Theme Public Health, Hong Kong; Guangzhou Public Health Bureau, and Guangzhou Science and Technology Bureau, Guangzhou, China; and The University of Birmingham, UK. The funding sources
Results The association of fruit consumption with the Framingham score varied by health status (P-value
