Some factors are directly associated with malnutrition, such as inadequate dietary intake and incidence of disease, while others (socio-economic in nature) are more distant but no less important.
We examined whether the relationship between coffee intake and incidence of CHD events is dependent on the metabolism of circulating catecholamines, as determined by functional polymorphism of the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene.
Objective To analyse the association between alcohol intake and incidence of rheumatoid arthritis in women.
There was no association between fruit and vegetable intake and incidence of specific cancers (Hung et al 2004).
We also evaluated whether the association between flavonoid intake and incidence of ovarian cancer differed by menopausal status at diagnosis.
Paradoxically epidemiological data suggests an inverse relationship between dietary folate intake and incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC).
In this meta-analysis, we also combined studies that reported results on LCn3PUFA intake and incidence of diabetes.
In this large European case-cohort study, an inverse trend between dietary total flavonoid intake and incidence of type 2 diabetes was observed.
In the past decade, a number of longitudinal studies have examined the association between fish intake and incidence of diabetes, but the findings are conflicting.
In this longitudinal study, we found a significant inverse association between magnesium intake and incidence of diabetes in young American adults.
The results from the few prospective cohort studies that have examined the relation between calcium intake and incidence of cardiovascular disease in women are contradictory or not conclusive.
