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The consumption of beans or bean products was assessed by the frequency eaten per week using the following scale: rarely = 0, 2–3 times = 1 and ≥ 4 times = 2.
The associated risk factors include age, sex, physical activity, having more than one child, annual income, sleep time, consumption of beans or bean products, education status, smoking and consumption of tea.
Once participants knew they had hypertension or diabetes, they made efforts to rectify their metabolic disorders by changing their diet habits, quitting smoking and increasing their consumption of beans or bean products and tea.
Surprisingly, smoking was correlated with a lower prevalence of MetS in rural Northeast China, while frequent consumption of beans or bean products and tea correlated with an increased risk of MetS.
Multivariate logistic regression, after adjusting for possible confounders, revealed the following factors that increased the risk of MetS: being female, older age, having more than one child, a family income of >20,000 CNY per year, longer sleep duration (>9 h/d), chronic disease status, frequent consumption of beans or bean products and frequent tea drinking.
To guarantee the flow of foreign exchange, farmers were prohibited from harvesting and roasting beans for local consumption.
A sharp decline in Colombia's coffee production is likely to cause the country, the second-largest coffee producer after Brazil, to import beans for domestic consumption.
