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A decrease in diet quality scores (specifically DASH) over a 20-year period is associated with an 8% higher risk of cardiovascular disease.
Maintaining a high-quality diet is crucial for long-term heart health. If your diet quality declines over time, your risk of cardiovascular disease increases. To mitigate this, regularly reassess your dietary habits and make adjustments to ensure you are consuming enough vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and healthy fats, and limiting processed foods and sugars.
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Although an increase in the DASH score was not associated with lower CVD risk, a decrease (16%) was associated with an 8% (95% CI: 2%-15%) higher CVD risk over the next 20 years.
Why this rating
Long-term prospective cohort data, but observational limitations apply.
Source
Changes in Diet Quality Scores and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among US Men and Women
Mercedes Sotos‐Prieto et al. · Circulation · 2015
cohort · n=80538Cited 216×
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