Adherence to a healthy Nordic food index and XXXX risk: results from a Swedish cohort study.

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BACKGROUND: A healthy Nordic dietary pattern has shown beneficial effects in relation to several @entity102 . However, no study has evaluated the association between a healthy Nordic food index (HNFI) and risk of @entity0 . METHODS: We conducted a prospective cohort study including 44,296 @entity1 , aged 29-49 at baseline in 1991-1992, who completed a food frequency questionnaire at baseline, and have been followed up ever since, through the Swedish @entity5 Registry and Cause of Death Registry. Each @entity1 was assigned a HNFI score ranging from 0 to 6. We calculated multivariable relative risks (RRs) and 95  % confidence intervals (CIs) using Poisson regression models with attained age as the underlying timescale. The association between the HNFI and risk of @entity0 was assessed both overall, by menopausal status and by hormone receptor status. RESULTS: A total of 1,464 @entity0 cases were diagnosed during a median follow-up time of 20  years. A higher adherence to the HNFI was not associated with a lower risk of @entity0 overall, nor of varied hormone receptor status, or when we examining premenopausal and postmenopausal @entity1 separately. The multivariable RRs (95  % CI) for @entity0 per 1-point increment in the HNFI were 1.02 (95  % CI 0.98-1.06) for all @entity1 , 1.01 (95  % CI 0.95-1.08) for premenopausal @entity1 , and 1.02 (95  % CI 0.97-1.07) for postmenopausal @entity1 . CONCLUSION: Adherence to a HNFI was not associated with @entity0 incidence in this cohort of relatively young @entity1 , regardless of menopausal status or hormone receptor status.
