Trial reportPloS one2019
Potato consumption and the risk of overall and cause specific mortality in the NIH-AARP study.
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- Effect of Steamed Potato Bread Intake on Glucose, Lipids, and Urinary NaInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Associations of white potato intake and preparation methods with cardiometabolic health measures in US adults categorised by diabetes status.The British journal of nutrition · 2025Article
- Association of potato consumption with calcified atherosclerotic plaques in the coronary arteries: The NHLBI Family Heart Study.Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD · 2023Article
- Prospective cohort study on potato intake and mortality from cardiovascular diseases: the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study (JACC study).European journal of nutrition · 2023Article
- Scoping review of the association of plant-based diet quality with health outcomes.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- The Role of Diet and Dietary Patterns in Parkinson's Disease.Nutrients · 2022Review
- Nut and Peanut Butter Consumption and Mortality in the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study.Nutrients · 2019Observational
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Abstract
backgroundPotato consumption has been hypothesized to be associated with higher risk of hypertension, diabetes, and colorectal cancer.
objectiveThe aim of this study was to examine the association between potato consumption and the risk of overall and cause specific mortality in the large prospective National Institutes of Health-AARP (NIH-AARP) Study.
designThe NIH-AARP study recruited 566,407 persons, aged 50-72 years in 1995-1996. We excluded subjects that reported a history of chronic disease at baseline. Potato consumption data from a validated food frequency questionnaire completed at baseline was used in Cox proportional hazard models to estimate hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for overall and cause specific mortality. Final models were adjusted for potential risk factors for mortality.
resultsAmong 410,701 participants included in this analysis, 76,921 persons died during the 15.6 years of follow-up. Eating baked, boiled, or mashed potatoes, French fries or potato salad seven or more times per week was associated with higher risk of overall mortality, in models adjusted only for age and sex (HR C4 vs C1 = 1.17, 95%CI = 1.13, 1.21). These results were attenuated in fully adjusted models (HR C4 vs C1 = 1.02, 95%CI = 0.97, 1.06). Potato consumption was not associated with risk of mortality caused by cancer (HR C4 vs C1 = 1.04, 95%CI = 0.97, 1.11), heart disease (HR C4 vs C1 = 1.00, 95%CI = 0.93, 1.09), respiratory disease (HR C4 vs C1 = 1.16, 95%CI = 0.99, 1.37), or diabetes (HR C4 vs C1 = 0.91, 95%CI = 0.71, 1.19). We tested for an association with different preparation methods and found limited evidence for differences by preparation method. The only statistically significant association was that for French fry consumption with cancer-related mortality (HR C4 vs C1 = 1.27, 95%CI = 1.02, 1.59), a finding for which uncontrolled confounding could not be ruled out.
conclusionWe find little evidence that potato consumption is associated with all-cause or cause-specific mortality.
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