Melons/gourds and cardiovascular disease.

Data about melons was provided by 2 cohort. No association of bitter gourds, loofah, melons, or watermelons was found with total CVD risk (36). Also, no association of watermelons, or other melons was found with stroke mortality (16).


Author	Cohort name	Subjects	Years of follow-up	Cases	End point	Consumption of	Relative Risk (RR)	Adjustments
36) Takachi R. (2007)	The Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study (JPHC).	77,891 subjects (35,909 men 41,982 and women) aged 45-74. (Japan)	5.8 (1995-1998 to 2002)	1,386? (227 myocardial infarction, 1,159 stroke)	Risk of cardiovascular disease	Bitter gourds, loofah, melons, or watermelons	Not significantly inversely associated with CVD risk (no data shown).	Age, public health center area, BMI, physical activity, smoking, alcohol, energy, screening examination, medication, and daily vitamin supplement use.
16) Ross RK (1997)	No cohort name defined	18,244 men aged 45-64 from Shanghai. (China)	1986-89 to 1994	245?	Stroke/cerebrovascular accident death	watermelon in season; other melons (honeydew, sweet squash, etc.) in season	No significant association was found when evaluated either as median levels of daily intake or as tertiles of intake frequencies (No data shown).	Education, marital status, BMI, lifetime cigarette smoking, lifetime ethanol intake, and history of hypertension.