Researchers from McMaster University (Canada) followed 124,329 participants from the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) for a median of 9.5 years. PURE is a large multinational prospective cohort study of adults aged 35-70 years from 16 low-, middle-, and high-income countries in five continents. Participants’ habitual food and nut intake (tree nuts and groundnuts) was measured at the baseline visit, using country-specific validated food frequency questionnaires.
Results observed that a higher nut intake (>120 g per week compared with <30 g per month) was associated with lower mortality risk from both cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular causes in low-, middle-, and high-income countries. These findings support recommendations to increase the intake of a variety of nuts, as part of a healthy dietary pattern, to reduce the risk of death.
de Souza, R. J., Dehghan, M., Mente, A., Bangdiwala, S. I., Ahmed, S. … PURE study investigators (2020). Association of nut intake with risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 16 countries from 5 continents: analysis from the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study. The American journal of clinical nutrition, nqaa108.
Results observed that a higher nut intake (>120 g per week compared with <30 g per month) was associated with lower mortality risk from both cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular causes in low-, middle-, and high-income countries. These findings support recommendations to increase the intake of a variety of nuts, as part of a healthy dietary pattern, to reduce the risk of death.
de Souza, R. J., Dehghan, M., Mente, A., Bangdiwala, S. I., Ahmed, S. … PURE study investigators (2020). Association of nut intake with risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 16 countries from 5 continents: analysis from the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study. The American journal of clinical nutrition, nqaa108.