Comparative validation of the Block, Willett, and National Cancer Institute food frequency questionnaires: the Eating at America's Table Study

AF Subar, FE Thompson, V Kipnis… - American journal of …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Researchers at the National Cancer Institute developed a new cognitively based
food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), the Diet History Questionnaire (DHQ). The Eating at …

The effect of fruit and vegetable intake on risk for coronary heart disease

KJ Joshipura, FB Hu, JAE Manson… - Annals of internal …, 2001 - acpjournals.org
Background: Many constituents of fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk for coronary
heart disease, but data on the relationship between fruit and vegetable consumption and …

[HTML][HTML] Association between dietary patterns and plasma biomarkers of obesity and cardiovascular disease risk

TT Fung, EB Rimm, D Spiegelman, N Rifai… - The American journal of …, 2001 - Elsevier
Background: Although the effects of individual foods or nutrients on the development of
diseases and their risk factors have been investigated in many studies, little attention has …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary fat intake and risk of type 2 diabetes in women

J Salmeron, FB Hu, JAE Manson, MJ Stampfer… - The American journal of …, 2001 - Elsevier
Background: The long-term relations between specific types of dietary fat and risk of type 2
diabetes remain unclear. Objective: Our objective was to examine the relations between …

Physical activity and television watching in relation to risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus in men

FB Hu, MF Leitzmann, MJ Stampfer… - Archives of internal …, 2001 - jamanetwork.com
Background Television (TV) watching, a major sedentary behavior in the United States, has
been associated with obesity. We hypothesized that prolonged TV watching may increase …

Prospective study of caffeine consumption and risk of Parkinson's disease in men and women

A Ascherio, SM Zhang, MA Hernán… - Annals of Neurology …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Results of case‐control studies and of a prospective investigation in men suggest that
consumption of coffee could protect against the risk of Parkinson's disease, but the active …

Urinary sodium excretion and cardiovascular mortality in Finland: a prospective study

J Tuomilehto, P Jousilahti, D Rastenyte, V Moltchanov… - The Lancet, 2001 - thelancet.com
Background The evidence that high salt intake increases the risk of cardiovascular disease
has been challenged. We aimed to find out whether salt intake, measured by 24 h urinary …

[HTML][HTML] Determinants of plasma total homocysteine concentration in the Framingham Offspring cohort

PF Jacques, AG Bostom, PWF Wilson, S Rich… - The American journal of …, 2001 - Elsevier
Background: Established determinants of fasting total homocysteine (tHcy) concentration
include folate and vitamin B-12 status, serum creatinine concentration, and renal function …

[HTML][HTML] Prospective study of dietary fat and the risk of age-related macular degeneration

E Cho, S Hung, WC Willett, D Spiegelman… - The American journal of …, 2001 - Elsevier
Background: The relation between intakes of total fat and specific types of fat and age-
related macular degeneration (AMD) remains unclear. Objective: Our objective was to …

Singapore Chinese Health Study: development, validation, and calibration of the quantitative food frequency questionnaire

JH Hankin, DO Stram, K Arakawa, S Park… - Nutrition and …, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
This report describes the development and validation/calibration of a structured food
frequency questionnaire for use in a large-scale cohort study of diet and health in Chinese …