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Dairy, fruit, and vegetable intakes and functional limitations and disability in a biracial cohort: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

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Houston, Denise K, Stevens, June, Cai, Jianwen, Haines, Pamela S·2005·The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
DOI 10.1093/ajcn.81.2.515
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Background Dairy, fruit, and vegetable intakes may be associated with functional limitations and disability through their role in muscle function, osteoporosis, and prevention of the oxidative damage associated with aging and chronic disease.Objective The associations between dairy, fruit, and vegetable intakes and functional limitations and disability were examined in African Americans and whites (baseline age: 45-64 y; n=9404) in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study.Design Logistic regression analyses were used to ascertain the associations between usual dairy, fruit, and vegetable intakes obtained at baseline by using a food-frequency questionnaire and lower-extremity function, activities of daily living (ADLs), and instrumental ADLs (IADLs) self-reported approximately 9 y later in models stratified by race and sex.Results Baseline dairy, fruit, and vegetable intakes tended to be inversely associated with impaired lower-extremity function, ADLs, and IADLs approximately 9 y later, particularly in African American women. For example, in African American women, baseline dairy intakes were inversely associated with impaired ADLs and IADLs [odds ratio (95% CI): 0.60 (0.40, 0.90) and 0.69 (0.48, 0.98), respectively [corrected] in the 3rd versus the [corrected] 1st tertile of intake (P [corrected] for trend<0.05]. Combined baseline intakes of fruit and vegetables were also inversely associated with impaired lower-extremity function, ADLs, and IADLs [odds ratio (95% CI): 0.67 (0.47, 0.95), 0.52 (0.36, 0.76), and 0.64 (0.45, 0.90), respectively; P for trend<0.05].Conclusions Dairy, fruit, and vegetable intakes may be inversely associated with functional limitations and disability. Further research is needed to ascertain the effect of diet on subsequent functional limitations and disability.

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Authors
Houston, D. K., Stevens, J., Cai, J., & Haines, P. S.
Affiliations
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
Corresponding author
Stevens, June
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Venue
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2005-02
Volume
81
Issue
2
Pages
515-522
ISSN
0002-9165 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1093/ajcn.81.2.515
OpenAlex
W1949670894
Cited by
135
References
44
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FWCI
7.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
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erratum (2005-06-01)
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  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5r03ag022062-02)
  • National Institute on Aging (1 R03 AG022062-01)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutrition and Health Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Nutrition and Health in Aging
Keywords
dairy consumption, fruit consumption, vegetable consumption, functional limitations, disability, activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, lower limb function, African American women, racial differences, diet and aging, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study
MeSH terms
Activities of Daily Living, Adult, Aged, Aging, Arteriosclerosis, Black or African American, Dairy Products, Female, Fruit, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Sex Factors, Vegetables, Cohort Studies, Confidence Intervals, Logistic Models, Odds Ratio, Black People, White People

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