All-cause mortality among Japanese-Brazilians according to nutritional characteristics
Massimino, F.Cincotto.; Gimeno, S.Godoy.Agostinho.; Ferreira, S.Roberta.Gouveia.
Cadernos de Saude Publica 23(9): 2145-2156
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0102-311X PMID: 17700949 DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2007000900022Document Number: 198473
The aim of this study is to verify the association between nutritional variables and mortality in a Japanese-Brazilian cohort. During 1993, a total of 647 subjects from Bauru County, Sao Paulo State, Brazil, were interviewed with food frequency questionnaires and scheduled for physical procedures (weight, height, blood pressure) and biochemical tests (oral glucose tolerance test). Student's t test was used to compare the mean values of target variables between living and deceased subjects. Mortality rate and hazard ratios were obtained (crude and adjusted) according to the nutritional variables. Overall mortality rates were 21.4 and 11.7/1000 person-years for males and females, respectively. Smoking, diabetes, sedentary lifestyle, hypertension, higher mean age, high blood pressure, high blood glucose, and higher percent weight gain and rate of weight gain were observed in the history of deceased subjects. After adjusting for control variables, an increase was observed in mortality among individuals with lower carbohydrate and cholesterol intake. The results suggest that mortality risk factors like age, chronic diseases, sedentary lifestyle, smoking, and inadequate diet must also be acting in the Japanese-Brazilian population.