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BMJ Publishing Group, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 9(68), p. 856-862, 2014

DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-203500

RCN Publishing (RCNi), Primary Health Care, 1(25), p. 16-16

DOI: 10.7748/phc.25.1.16.s24

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Fruit and vegetable consumption and all-cause, cancer and CVD mortality: analysis of Health Survey for England data

Journal article published in 2014 by Oyinlola Oyebode ORCID, Vanessa Gordon-Dseagu, Alice Walker, Jennifer S. Mindell ORCID, Sue Davies
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Abstract

Background Governments worldwide recommend daily consumption of fruit and vegetables. We examine whether this benefits health in the general population of England. Methods Cox regression was used to estimate HRs and 95% CI for an association between fruit and vegetable consumption and all-cause, cancer and cardiovascular mortality, adjusting for age, sex, social class, education, BMI, alcohol consumption and physical activity, in 65 226 participants aged 35+ years in the 2001–2008 Health Surveys for England, annual surveys of nationally representative random samples of the non-institutionalised population of England linked to mortality data (median follow-up: 7.7 years). Results Fruit and vegetable consumption was associated with decreased all-cause mortality (adjusted HR for 7+ portions 0.67 (95% CI 0.58 to 0.78), reference category