The global burden of cardiovascular disease attributable to diet low in fiber among people aged 60 years and older, 1990-2019: an age-period-cohort analysis of the global burden of disease study

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 2639 - 13
• Main Authors: Lv, Jia-Jie, Zhang, Lin-Jie, Yixi, Zhuoma, Zhang, Yi-Chi, Li, Xin-Yu, Yang, Cheng-Hao, Wang, Ming-Liang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central 27.09.2024; BMC
• Subjects: Adults; Age; Age-period-cohort models; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality; Cohort Studies; Diet; Diet - statistics & numerical data; Dietary Fiber; Dietary intake; Disability-Adjusted Life Years; Drift; Drift estimation; Epidemiology; Female; Food intake; GBD; Global Burden of Disease; Global Health - statistics & numerical data; Heart diseases; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Mortality; Nutrient deficiency; Older people; Risk Factors; Trends; Women; GBD; Cardiovascular disease; Disability-adjusted life years; Global burden of disease; Age-period-cohort models; Mortality
• ISSN: 1471-2458; 1471-2458
• DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-19897-6

This study aimed to quantify the global cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden attributable to diet low in fiber among adults aged 60 years and older using data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2019. We extracted data on CVD mortality, disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and risk-factor exposures from the GBD 2019 study for people aged 60 and older. Age-period-cohort models were used to estimate the overall annual percentage change in mortality and DALY rate (net drift, % per year), mortality and DALY rate for each age group from 1990 to 2019 (local drift, % per year), longitudinal age-specific rate corrected for period bias (age effect), and mortality and Daly rate for each age group from 1990 to 2019 (local drift, % per year). And period/cohort relative risk (period/cohort effect). From 1990 to 2019, global age-standardized cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality rates attributable to low dietary fiber intake decreased by 2.37% per year, while disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) fell by 2.48% annually. Decreases were observed across all sociodemographic index regions, with fastest declines in high and high-middle SDI areas. CVD mortality and DALY rates attributable to low fiber increased exponentially with age, peaking at 85-89 years, and were higher in men than women. Regarding period effects, mortality and DALY rates declined since 2000, reaching nadirs in 2015-2019. For birth cohort patterns, risks attributable to low fiber intake peaked among early 1900s births and subsequently fell, with more pronounced reductions over time in women. Low dietary fiber intake is a leading contributor to the global cardiovascular disease burden, accounting for substantial mortality and disability specifically among older adults over recent decades.