@article{3138705, title = "Intake of vegetables, legumes, and fruit, and risk for all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality in a European diabetic population", author = "Noethlings, Ute and Schulze, Matthias B. and Weikert, Cornelia and and Boeing, Heiner and van der Schouw, Yvonne T. and Bamia, Christina and and Benetou, Vasiliki and Lagiou, Pagona and Krogh, Vittorio and Beulens, and Joline W. J. and Peeters, Petra H. M. and Halkjaer, Jytte and and Tjonneland, Anne and Tumino, Rosario and Panico, Salvatore and Masala, and Giovanna and Clavel-Chapelon, Francoise and de Lauzon, Blandine and and Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine and Vercambre, Marie-Noel and Kaaks, and Rudolf and Linseisen, Jakob and Overvad, Kim and Arriola, Larraitz and and Ardanaz, Eva and Gonzalez, Carlos A. and Tormo, Marie-Jose and Bingham, and Sheila and Khaw, Kay-Tee and Key, Tim J. A. and Vineis, Paolo and and Riboli, Elio and Ferrari, Pietro and Boffetta, Paolo and and Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. Bas and van der A, Daphne L. and Berglund, Goeran and and Wirfalt, Elisabet and Hallmans, Goeran and Johansson, Ingegerd and and Lund, Eiliv and Trichopoulo, Antonia", journal = "Malaysian Journal of Nutrition", year = "2008", volume = "138", number = "4", pages = "775-781", publisher = "Oxford University Press", doi = "10.1093/jn/138.4.775", abstract = "We examined the associations of intake of vegetables, legumes and fruit with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in a population with prevalent diabetes in Europe. A cohort of 10,449 participants with self-reported diabetes within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study was followed for a mean of 9 y. Intakes of vegetables, legumes, and fruit were assessed at baseline between 1992 and 2000 using validated country-specific questionnaires. A total of 1346 deaths occurred. Multivariate relative risks (RR) for all-cause mortality were estimated in Cox regression models and FIR for cause-specific mortality were derived in a competing risk model. An increment in intake of total vegetables, legumes, and fruit of 80 g/d was associated with a RR of death from all causes of 0.94 [95% CI 0.90-0.98]. Analyzed separately, vegetables and legumes were associated with a significantly reduced risk, whereas nonsignificant inverse associations for fruit intake were observed. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality and mortality due to non-CVD/non-cancer causes were significantly inversely associated with intake of total vegetables, legumes, and fruit (RR 0.88 [95% CI 0.81-0.95] and 0.90 [0.82-0.99], respectively) but not cancer mortality 0.08 [0.99-1.17]). Intake of vegetables, legumes, and fruit was associated with reduced risks of all-cause and CVD mortality in a diabetic population. The findings support the current state of evidence from general population studies that the protective potential of vegetable and fruit intake is larger for CVD than for cancer and suggest that diabetes patients may benefit from a diet high in vegetables and fruits." }