Cardiovascular mortality attributable to dietary risk factors in 51 countries in the WHO European Region from 1990 to 2016 a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study

• Published in: European journal of epidemiology Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 37 - 55
• Main Authors: Meier, Toni, Gräfe, Kira, Senn, Franziska, Sur, Patrick, Stangl, Gabriele I., Dawczynski, Christine, März, Winfried, Kleber, Marcus E., Lorkowski, Stefan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Science + Business Media 01.01.2019; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Adults; Age; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cardiology; Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality; Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control; Diet; Diet - adverse effects; Diet, Healthy; Epidemiology; Europe - epidemiology; Fatalities; Fatty acids; Female; Global Burden of Disease; Health risk assessment; Heart diseases; Humans; Infectious Diseases; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; MORTALITY; Mortality, Premature; Nutrient deficiency; Nuts; Omega-3 fatty acids; Oncology; Public Health; Risk analysis; Risk assessment; Risk Factors; Risk taking; Seeds; Sodium; Europe; Global Burden of Disease Study; European countries; Nutrition; Cardiovascular diseases; Epidemiology; Public health

This study was performed to highlight the relationship between single dietary risk factors and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in the WHO European Region. We used the comparative risk assessment framework of the Global Burden of Disease Study to estimate CVD mortality attributable to diet; comprising...