Data about fruiting vegetables was provided by 1 cohort. A significant protective effect was found in the Spanish part of the cohort, but not among individuals
with diabetes mellitus in the total cohort.
Conclusion: A significant protective effect was found in one subcohort. No evidence was found for an association between fruiting vegetables and mortality.
| Author | Cohort name | Subjects | Years of follow-up | Cases | End point | Consumption of | Relative Risk (RR) | Adjustments |
| 21) Nöthlings U (2008) | The EPIC Study. | 10,449 participants - aged 35 to 70- with self-reported diabetes mellitus. (10 European Countries) | 9 (1992-2000 to 2007) | 1346? | All-cause mortality | Fruiting vegetables (not defined) | RR = 0.92 (0.84-1.02) for an increase of 40 g/d. | Stratified on age. Adusted for sex, smoking status, self-reported heart attack at baseline, self-reported hypertension at baseline, self-reported cancer at baseline, waist-to-hip ratio, insulin treatment, age at diabetes diagnosis, energy intake, alcohol intake. |
| 21) Agudo A. (2007) | The EPIC Study. | 41,358 subjects (15,610 men, and 25,748 women) aged 30-69. (Spain) | 6.5 (1992-96 to 2002) | 562? (295 cancer, and 123 CVD) | All cause mortality | Fruiting vegetables (not defined) |
HR = 0.77 (0.60-0.98; P = 0.015) for the highest vs lowest quartile of consumption. Amount specific data (median intake in g/day): 28.1: HR = 1. 69.2: HR = 0.93 (0.74-1.17). 113.2: HR = 0.78 (0.61-0.99). 208.7: HR = 0.77 (0.60-0.98). This association remained after additional adjustment for root vegetables, fresh fruit, lycopene, and a total radical-trapping antioxidant parameter variable. HRs for increasing quartiles (1, 0.97 [0.77-1.21], 0.82 [0.65-1.05], and 0.83 [0.65-1.07; P = 0.079]). HR as a continuous variable: HR = 0.93 (0.87-0.98). This association remained after additional adjustment for root vegetables, fresh fruit, lycopene, and a total radical-trapping antioxidant parameter variable: 0.94 (0.88-1.00). There was no effect modification by sex. | Stratified by center. Adjusted for age, sex, total energy, education, BMI, physical activity, cigarette smoking, and alcohol. |