[HTML][HTML] Dietary epicatechin intake and 25-y risk of cardiovascular mortality: the Zutphen Elderly Study
JI Dower, JM Geleijnse, PCH Hollman…�- The American journal of�…, 2016 - Elsevier
abstract Background: Prospective cohort studies have shown that the consumption of cocoa
and tea is associated with lower risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), and cocoa and tea
have been shown to improve CVD risk factors in randomized controlled trials. Cocoa and tea
are major dietary sources of the flavan-3-ol epicatechin. Objective: We investigated the
associations of dietary epicatechin intake with 25-y CVD mortality in elderly Dutch men.
Design: We used data from the Zutphen Elderly Study, which was a prospective cohort study�…
and tea is associated with lower risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), and cocoa and tea
have been shown to improve CVD risk factors in randomized controlled trials. Cocoa and tea
are major dietary sources of the flavan-3-ol epicatechin. Objective: We investigated the
associations of dietary epicatechin intake with 25-y CVD mortality in elderly Dutch men.
Design: We used data from the Zutphen Elderly Study, which was a prospective cohort study�…