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Garlic Consumption and All-Cause Mortality among Chinese Oldest-Old Individuals: A Population-Based Cohort Study

In vitro and in vivo experimental studies have shown garlic has protective effects on the aging process; however, there is no evidence that garlic consumption is associated with all-cause mortality among oldest-old individuals (≥80 years). From 1998 to 2011, 27,437 oldest-old participants (mean age:...

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Autores principales: Shi, Xiaoming, Lv, Yuebin, Mao, Chen, Yuan, Jinqiu, Yin, Zhaoxue, Gao, Xiang, Zhang, Zuofeng
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Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6683033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31262080
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11071504
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author Shi, Xiaoming
Lv, Yuebin
Mao, Chen
Yuan, Jinqiu
Yin, Zhaoxue
Gao, Xiang
Zhang, Zuofeng
author_facet Shi, Xiaoming
Lv, Yuebin
Mao, Chen
Yuan, Jinqiu
Yin, Zhaoxue
Gao, Xiang
Zhang, Zuofeng
author_sort Shi, Xiaoming
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description In vitro and in vivo experimental studies have shown garlic has protective effects on the aging process; however, there is no evidence that garlic consumption is associated with all-cause mortality among oldest-old individuals (≥80 years). From 1998 to 2011, 27,437 oldest-old participants (mean age: 92.9 years) were recruited from 23 provinces in China. The frequencies of garlic consumption at baseline and at age 60 were collected. Cox proportional hazards models adjusted for potential covariates were constructed to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) relating garlic consumption to all-cause mortality. Among 92,505 person-years of follow-up from baseline to September 1, 2014, 22,321 participants died. Participants who often (≥5 times/week) or occasionally (1–4 times/week) consumed garlic survived longer than those who rarely (less than once/week) consumed it (p < 0.001). Participants who consumed garlic occasionally or often had a lower risk for mortality than those who rarely consumed garlic at baseline; the adjusted HRs for mortality were 0.92(0.89–0.94) and 0.89(0.85–0.92), respectively. The inverse associations between garlic consumption and all-cause mortality were robust in sensitivity analyses and subgroup analyses. In this study, habitual consumption of garlic was associated with a lower all-cause mortality risk; this advocates further investigation into garlic consumption for promoting longevity.
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spelling pubmed-66830332019-08-09 Garlic Consumption and All-Cause Mortality among Chinese Oldest-Old Individuals: A Population-Based Cohort Study Shi, Xiaoming Lv, Yuebin Mao, Chen Yuan, Jinqiu Yin, Zhaoxue Gao, Xiang Zhang, Zuofeng Nutrients Article In vitro and in vivo experimental studies have shown garlic has protective effects on the aging process; however, there is no evidence that garlic consumption is associated with all-cause mortality among oldest-old individuals (≥80 years). From 1998 to 2011, 27,437 oldest-old participants (mean age: 92.9 years) were recruited from 23 provinces in China. The frequencies of garlic consumption at baseline and at age 60 were collected. Cox proportional hazards models adjusted for potential covariates were constructed to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) relating garlic consumption to all-cause mortality. Among 92,505 person-years of follow-up from baseline to September 1, 2014, 22,321 participants died. Participants who often (≥5 times/week) or occasionally (1–4 times/week) consumed garlic survived longer than those who rarely (less than once/week) consumed it (p < 0.001). Participants who consumed garlic occasionally or often had a lower risk for mortality than those who rarely consumed garlic at baseline; the adjusted HRs for mortality were 0.92(0.89–0.94) and 0.89(0.85–0.92), respectively. The inverse associations between garlic consumption and all-cause mortality were robust in sensitivity analyses and subgroup analyses. In this study, habitual consumption of garlic was associated with a lower all-cause mortality risk; this advocates further investigation into garlic consumption for promoting longevity. MDPI 2019-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6683033/ /pubmed/31262080 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11071504 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Shi, Xiaoming
Lv, Yuebin
Mao, Chen
Yuan, Jinqiu
Yin, Zhaoxue
Gao, Xiang
Zhang, Zuofeng
Garlic Consumption and All-Cause Mortality among Chinese Oldest-Old Individuals: A Population-Based Cohort Study
title Garlic Consumption and All-Cause Mortality among Chinese Oldest-Old Individuals: A Population-Based Cohort Study
title_full Garlic Consumption and All-Cause Mortality among Chinese Oldest-Old Individuals: A Population-Based Cohort Study
title_fullStr Garlic Consumption and All-Cause Mortality among Chinese Oldest-Old Individuals: A Population-Based Cohort Study
title_full_unstemmed Garlic Consumption and All-Cause Mortality among Chinese Oldest-Old Individuals: A Population-Based Cohort Study
title_short Garlic Consumption and All-Cause Mortality among Chinese Oldest-Old Individuals: A Population-Based Cohort Study
title_sort garlic consumption and all-cause mortality among chinese oldest-old individuals: a population-based cohort study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6683033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31262080
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11071504
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