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Title: | ASSESSMENT OF DIETARY INTAKES AND IDENTIFICATION OF DIETARY PATTERNS TO REDUCE RISK OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE IN THE SINGAPORE POPULATION | Authors: | NITHYA NEELAKANTAN | Keywords: | Nutritional Epidemiology, Dietary assessment, Food Frequency Questionnaire, Dietary patterns, Diet quality indices, Chronic disease | Issue Date: | 13-Jan-2017 | Citation: | NITHYA NEELAKANTAN (2017-01-13). ASSESSMENT OF DIETARY INTAKES AND IDENTIFICATION OF DIETARY PATTERNS TO REDUCE RISK OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE IN THE SINGAPORE POPULATION. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | Abstract: | Diet is an important modifiable risk factor for non-communicable diseases. However, assessing diet is challenging in multi-ethnic cosmopolitan settings. Furthermore, dietary quality indices have been developed for Western populations, but little is known about their impact on chronic disease in Asian populations. We used a data-driven approach to develop a new comprehensive food frequency questionnaire for Singaporeans. In addition, we investigated the associations between dietary quality indices such as the Alternative Healthy Eating Index-2010 (AHEI-2010) and risk of myocardial infraction and mortality among Singapore Chinese Health Study cohort participants. Higher adherence to AHEI-2010 was associated with lower risk of fatal and nonfatal myocardial infarction. Furthermore, all dietary quality indices that emphasize a variety of healthy plant-based foods were associated with a substantially lower risk of cardiovascular, respiratory disease, and all-cause mortality in an Asian population. | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/135719 |
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