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Data

Year of publication

2020

Type

Quantitative

Design

Longitudinal

Classification

NOVA

Country studied

Mexico

Data

Secondary

Data Collected

One food frequency

Study setting

Household

Age group of participant

Adults/25+

Participant sex

Female

Target population

Vulnerable (mexican women)

Sample size

n=64,934 (participants)

Ultraprocessed beverages and processed meats increase the incidence of hypertension in Mexican women

Goal

Estimate associations between consumption of UPF and UPF subgroups and incident of hypertension.

Results

A total of 3,752 cases of hypertension were identified. Mean contribution of UPF to total energy intake was 29.8% energy with 23.4% from solid food and 6.4% from liquid food. While there is no associated with the consumption of solid UPF and hypertension, there is an associated with consumption of liquid UPF and hypertension

Authors

Monge A, Silva Canella D, López-Olmedo N, Lajous M, Cortés-Valencia A, Stern D.

Journal

British Journal of Nutrition

DOI

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