Dietary total flavonoids intake and risk of mortality from all causes and cardiovascular disease in the general population: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of cohort studies
- 5 January 2017
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
- Vol. 61 (6)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.201601003
Abstract
1 Scope Epidemiologic studies assessing the association between dietary total flavonoids intake and the risk of mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all causes have yielded inconsistent results. Therefore, we conducted a dose‐response meta‐analysis to investigate this association. 2 Method and results We searched PubMed and Embase databases from January 1966 through May 2016 and examined the references of retrieved articles to identify relevant prospective cohort studies. The random‐effect model was used to calculate the summary risk estimates and dose‐response analysis was performed. Ten studies were included in the present meta‐analysis. The relative risk (RR) of all‐cause mortality for the highest versus lowest category of total flavonoids intake was 0.82 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.72–0.92). Dose‐response analysis showed that those consuming 200 mg/day of total flavonoids had the lowest risk of all‐cause mortality. Furthermore, a marginally significant association was found between dietary total flavonoids consumption and risk of death from CVD (summary RR: 0.85; 95% CI: 0.70–1.03; P = 0.099) and coronary heart diseases (summary RR: 0.74; 95% CI: 0.54–1.02; P = 0.069), respectively. 3 Conclusion The meta‐analysis provides strong evidence for the recommendation of consuming flavonoids‐rich food to reduce risks of mortality from all causes as part of a healthy diet among general adults.Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (81372973)
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