Title |
Moderate egg consumption and all-cause and specific-cause mortality in the Spanish European Prospective into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-Spain) study
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Published in |
European Journal of Nutrition, June 2018
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DOI | 10.1007/s00394-018-1754-6 |
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Authors |
Raul Zamora-Ros, Valerie Cayssials, Ramón Cleries, María Luisa Redondo, Maria-Jose Sánchez, Miguel Rodríguez-Barranco, Jose-Juan Sánchez-Cruz, Olatz Mokoroa, Leire Gil, Pilar Amiano, Carmen Navarro, María Dolores Chirlaque, José María Huerta, Aurelio Barricarte, Eva Ardanaz, Conchi Moreno-Iribas, Antonio Agudo |
Abstract |
Dietary guidelines for egg consumption for general population differ among public health agencies. Our aim was to investigate the association between egg intake and both all-cause and specific-cause of mortality in a Mediterranean population. The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Spain cohort included 40,621 men and women aged 29-69 years old in the nineties from 5 Spanish regions. After a mean of 18 years of follow-up, 3,561 deaths were recorded, of which 1,694 were from cancer, 761 from CVD, and 870 from other causes. Data on egg consumption was collected using a validated diet history at recruitment. Cox proportional hazards models, adjusted for confounders, were used in the analyses. The mean (standard deviation) egg consumption was 22.0 g/day (15.8) and 30.9 g/day (23.1) in women and men, respectively. No association was observed between egg consumption and all-cause mortality for the highest vs the lowest quartile (HR 1.01; 95% CI 0.91-1.11; P trend = 0.96). Likewise, no association was observed with cancer and cardiovascular diseases mortality. However, an inverse association was found between egg consumption and deaths for other causes (HR 0.76; 95% CI 0.63-0.93; P trend = 0.003), particularly for deaths from the nervous system (HR 0.59; 95% CI 0.35-1.00; P trend = 0.036). No interaction was detected with the adherence to Mediterranean diet. This study shows no association between moderate egg consumption, up to 1 egg per day, and main causes of mortality in a large free-living Mediterranean population. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Spain | 29 | 49% |
United States | 2 | 3% |
Argentina | 1 | 2% |
Ecuador | 1 | 2% |
Greece | 1 | 2% |
Australia | 1 | 2% |
Korea, Republic of | 1 | 2% |
Mexico | 1 | 2% |
Unknown | 22 | 37% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 48 | 81% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 6 | 10% |
Scientists | 5 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 51 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Researcher | 10 | 20% |
Student > Bachelor | 5 | 10% |
Student > Master | 4 | 8% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 6% |
Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 4% |
Other | 3 | 6% |
Unknown | 24 | 47% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 18% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 14% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 2% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 2% |
Environmental Science | 1 | 2% |
Other | 4 | 8% |
Unknown | 28 | 55% |