ArticlePublic health nutrition2021
Organic food consumption is associated with inflammatory biomarkers among older adults.
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- Potential Health Benefits of a Diet Rich in Organic Fruit and Vegetables versus a Diet Based on Conventional Produce: A Systematic Review.Nutrition reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of organic foods on chronic diseases and health perception: a systematic review of the evidence.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Associations between cross-sectional and long-term food insecurity with dietary quality among middle-aged and older US adults: A Cohort Study from the Health and Retirement Study.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Article
- Food as Medicine for Hypertension: Microbiota as Mediators.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2025Review
- Organic food consumption is positively associated with cognitive function among middle-aged and older adults: cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses.European journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- Food insecurity, inflammation, and immune function among older US adults: Findings from the health and Retirement study.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2024Article
- Association Between Dietary Quality and Serum Cystatin C in Kidney Transplant Recipients Based on Chinese Diet Balance Index 2016 (DBI-16).Annals of transplantation · 2023Article
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- Reported organic food consumption and metabolic syndrome in older adults: cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses.European journal of nutrition · 2022Article
- Organic Egg Consumption: A Systematic Review of Aspects Related to Human Health.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectiveThe association between organic food consumption and biomarkers of inflammation, C-reactive protein (CRP) and cystatin C (CysC) was explored in this cross-sectional analysis of older adults.
designDietary data and organic food consumption was collected in 2013 from a FFQ. Alternative Mediterranean diet score (A-MedDiet) was calculated as a measure of healthy eating. Biomarkers CRP and CysC were collected in serum or plasma in 2016. We used linear regression models to assess the associations between organic food consumption and CRP and CysC.
settingThis cross-sectional analysis uses data from the nationally representative, longitudinal panel study of Americans over 50, the Health and Retirement Study.
participantsThe mean age of the analytic sample (n 3815) was 64·3 (se 0·3) years with 54·4 % being female.
resultsLog CRP and log CysC were inversely associated with consuming organic food after adjusting for potential confounders (CRP: β = -0·096, 95 % CI 0·159, -0·033; CysC: β = -0·033, 95 % CI -0·051, -0·015). Log CRP maintained statistical significance (β = -0·080; 95 % CI -0·144, -0·016) after additional adjustments for the A-MedDiet, while log CysC lost statistical significance (β = -0·019; 95 % CI -0·039, 0·000). The association between organic food consumption and log CRP was driven primarily by milk, fruit, vegetables and cereals, while log CysC was primarily driven by milk, eggs and meat after adjustments for A-MedDiet.
conclusionsThese findings support the hypothesis that organic food consumption is inversely associated with biomarkers of inflammation CRP and CysC, although residual confounding by healthy eating and socioeconomic status cannot be ruled out.
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