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Dietary Glycemic Index, Dietary Glycemic Load and Mortality among men with Established Cardiovascular Disease

Levitan E et al. 
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2009; 63: 552-557

A study of 4617 men (aged 45-79 years) to test the hypothesis that diets with higher GI and GL are associated with increased mortality in men with established CVD.  GI and GL were measured using an FFQ at baseline.  Subjects were followed for cardiovascular mortality (six-year follow-up, 608 deaths) and all-cause mortality (eight-year follow-up, 1303 deaths).  The RR for cardiovascular mortality was 0.86 (95% CI 0.67-1.10) for the lowest intake of GI compared to the highest.  For all-cause mortality, the RR was 1.00 (95% CI 0.85-1.19).  For GL, comparing the highest to lowest intakes, the RR of cardiovascular mortality was 1.02 (95% CI 0.70-1.49) and for all-cause mortality it was 1.15 (95% CI 0.89-1.49).  The authors conclude GI and GL were not associated with cardiovascular or all-cause mortality in this study.

May 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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