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Degree of Concordance With DASH Diet Guidelines and Incidence of Hypertension and Fatal Cardiovascular Disease

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FOLSOM, A, PARKER, E, HARNACK, L·2007·American Journal of Hypertension

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BACKGROUND: Guidelines to prevent and treat hypertension advocate the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet. METHODS: We studied whether a greater concordance with the DASH diet is associated with reduced incidence of hypertension (self-reported) and mortality from cardiovascular disease in 20,993 women initially aged 55 to 69 years. We created a DASH diet concordance score using food frequency data in 1986 and followed the women for events through 2002. RESULTS: No woman had perfect concordance with the DASH diet. Adjusted for age and energy intake, incidence of hypertension was inversely associated with the degree of concordance with the DASH diet, with hazard ratios across quintiles of 1.0, 0.91, 0.95, 0.99, and 0.87 (P trend = .02). There also were inverse, but not monotonic, associations between better DASH diet concordance and mortality from coronary heart disease, stroke, and all cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, after adjustment for other risk factors, there was little evidence that any end point was associated with the DASH diet score. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that greater concordance with DASH guidelines did not have an independent long-term association with hypertension or cardiovascular mortality in this cohort. This implies that very high concordance, as achieved in the DASH trials, may be necessary to achieve any benefits of the DASH diet.

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  • The DASH pattern focuses on increasing intake of plant and lean meat/fish/dairy micronutrients associated with lowering blood pressure (potassium, calcium, magnesium) and limiting macronutrients and micronutrients associated with increased blood pressure (saturated fat, added sugars, sodium).

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Authors
FOLSOM, A., PARKER, E., & HARNACK, L.
Affiliations
University of Minnesota (US)
Corresponding author
FOLSOM, A
Venue
American Journal of Hypertension
Published
2007-03
Volume
20
Issue
3
Pages
225-232
ISSN
0895-7061 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1964590732
Cited by
254
References
20
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FWCI
8.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • American Journal of Hypertension (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Cancer Institute (CA-39742, R01CA039742)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Sodium Intake and Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
Keywords
DASH diet, hypertension incidence, cardiovascular mortality, coronary artery disease, stroke, postmenopausal women, diet and cardiovascular disease, food frequency questionnaire
MeSH terms
Aged, Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Diseases, Diet, Sodium-Restricted, Feeding Behavior, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Hypertension, Iowa, Middle Aged, Patient Compliance, Population Surveillance, Prospective Studies, Surveys and Questionnaires, Time Factors, Cohort Studies, Diet Records, Incidence, Proportional Hazards Models, Treatment Outcome, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Risk Assessment

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