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  1. Article ; Online: Glyphosate exposure, muscular health and functional limitations in middle-aged and older adults.

    Jauregui-Zunzunegui, Sara / Rodríguez-Artalejo, Fernando / Tellez-Plaza, María / García-Esquinas, Esther

    Environmental research

    2024  Volume 251, Issue Pt 1, Page(s) 118547

    Abstract: Background: Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide worldwide, both in domestic and industrial settings. Experimental research in animal models has demonstrated changes in muscle physiology and reduced contractile strength associated with ... ...

    Abstract Background: Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide worldwide, both in domestic and industrial settings. Experimental research in animal models has demonstrated changes in muscle physiology and reduced contractile strength associated with glyphosate exposure, while epidemiological studies have shown associations between glyphosate exposure and adverse health outcomes in critical biological systems affecting muscle function.
    Methods: This study used data from a nationally representative survey of the non-institutionalized U.S. general population (NHANES, n = 2132). Urine glyphosate concentrations were determined by ion chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry. Hand grip strength (HGS) was measured using a Takei Dynamometer, and relative strength estimated as the ratio between HGS in the dominant hand and the appendicular lean mass (ALM) to body mass index (ALMBMI) ratio. Low HGS and low relative HGS were defined as 1 sex-, age- and race-specific SD below the mean. Physical function limitations were identified as significant difficulty or incapacity in various activities.
    Results: In fully-adjusted models, the Mean Differences (MD) and 95% confidence intervals [95%CI] per doubling increase in glyphosate concentrations were -0.55 [-1.09, -0.01] kg for HGS in the dominant hand, and -0.90 [-1.58. -0.21] kg for HGS/ALMBMI. The Odds Ratios (OR) [95% CI] for low HGS, low relative HGS and functional limitations by glyphosate concentrations were 1.27 [1.03, 1.57] for low HGS; 1.43 [1.05; 1.94] for low relative HGS; 1.33 [1.08, 1.63] for stooping, crouching or kneeling difficulty; 1.17 [0.91, 1.50] for lifting or carrying items weighting up to 10 pounds difficulty; 1.21 [1.01, 1.40] for standing up from armless chair difficulty; and 1.47 [1.05, 2.29] for ascending ten steps without pause difficulty.
    Conclusions: Glyphosate exposure may be a risk factor for decreased grip strength and increased physical functional limitations. More studies investigating the influence of this and other environmental pollutants on functional aging are needed.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-06
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 205699-9
    ISSN 1096-0953 ; 0013-9351
    ISSN (online) 1096-0953
    ISSN 0013-9351
    DOI 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118547
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  2. Article ; Online: Trends in the association between meeting the physical activity guidelines and risk of mortality in US adults.

    Martinez-Gomez, David / Rodriguez-Artalejo, Fernando / Ding, Ding / Ekelund, Ulf / Cabanas-Sanchez, Veronica

    Progress in cardiovascular diseases

    2024  Volume 83, Page(s) 116–123

    Abstract: Objective: To examine the trends in the association between meeting the physical activity (PA) guidelines and mortality in adults.: Methods: We included seventeen annual representative samples of US adults 1998-2014 (n = 482,756) and all-cause and ... ...

    Abstract Objective: To examine the trends in the association between meeting the physical activity (PA) guidelines and mortality in adults.
    Methods: We included seventeen annual representative samples of US adults 1998-2014 (n = 482,756) and all-cause and cause-specific mortality ascertained through December 2019. Participants were grouped according to PA Guidelines: 150 or more min/week in aerobic PA and muscle-strengthening activities 2 or more times/week. To provide further context, we also examined the trends in mortality risk associated with other modifiable health factors.
    Results: Meeting the PA guidelines was associated with lower 5-year mortality risk (HR = 0.59, 95%CI, 0.55, 0.63) based on the pooled analyses. We consistently observed an inverse association in all years, but there was a nonsignificant trend association (P for trend = 0.305) between meeting PA guidelines and 5-year mortality across the seventeen annual surveys. Meeting aerobic (HR = 0.58, 95%CI, 0.56, 0.61) and muscle-strengthening (HR = 0.86, 95%CI, 0.81, 0.90) guidelines were independently associated with 5-year mortality risk in pooled analyses, without any evidence for trends in the associations. Similar results were found with cause-specific mortality and 10-year mortality risk. In pooled analyses, attaining a high educational level, body mass index <30 kg/m2, being noncurrent smoker, nonheavy drinker, and living without history of hypertension and diabetes with 5-year mortality were 0.70 (95%CI, 0.67, 0.73), 1.19 (95%CI, 1.15, 1.23), 0.56 (95%CI, 0.54, 0.59), 0.85 (95%CI,0.79, 0.92), 0.91 (95%CI, 0.88-0.94) and 0.65 (95%CI, 0.88, 0.94), respectively. Only no history of diabetes showed a significant trend analysis (B = 0.77, 95%CI, 0.46, 0.91, P for trend <0.001).
    Conclusion: Meeting PA guidelines lower mortality risk and this association does not seem to have varied over time. Encouraging adults to meet the PA guidelines may provide substantial health benefits, despite social, demographic and lifestyle changes, as well as the advances in medical technology and pharmacological treatments.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Aged ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Cause of Death ; Exercise ; Guideline Adherence ; Healthy Lifestyle ; Protective Factors ; Risk Assessment ; Risk Factors ; Risk Reduction Behavior ; Time Factors ; United States/epidemiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-27
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Review
    ZDB-ID 209312-1
    ISSN 1873-1740 ; 1532-8643 ; 0033-0620
    ISSN (online) 1873-1740 ; 1532-8643
    ISSN 0033-0620
    DOI 10.1016/j.pcad.2024.02.011
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  3. Article ; Online: El etiquetado Nutri-Score ha mejorado mucho.

    Rodríguez Artalejo, Fernando / García Solano, Marta

    Nutricion hospitalaria

    2022  

    Title translation Nutri-Score labeling has improved a lot.
    Language Spanish
    Publishing date 2022-10-31
    Publishing country Spain
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1481223-x
    ISSN 1699-5198 ; 0212-1611
    ISSN (online) 1699-5198
    ISSN 0212-1611
    DOI 10.20960/nh.04503
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  4. Article ; Online: The role of lifestyle in the association between frailty and all-cause mortality amongst older adults: a mediation analysis in the UK Biobank.

    Delgado-Velandia, Mario / Maroto-Rodríguez, Javier / Ortolá, Rosario / Rodríguez-Artalejo, Fernando / Sotos-Prieto, Mercedes

    Age and ageing

    2023  Volume 52, Issue 6

    Abstract: Objective: frailty is a syndrome characterised by increased vulnerability to stressors, which manifests as higher death risk. Whilst guidelines for frailty management usually entails lifestyle modifications (e.g. physical exercise, diet), the mediating ... ...

    Abstract Objective: frailty is a syndrome characterised by increased vulnerability to stressors, which manifests as higher death risk. Whilst guidelines for frailty management usually entails lifestyle modifications (e.g. physical exercise, diet), the mediating role of lifestyle on the excess mortality associated with frailty is unclear. This study estimates the death risk due to frailty that could be avoided with a healthy lifestyle in older adults.
    Subjects and methods: we analysed data from 91,906 British individuals aged ≥60 years recruited between 2006 and 2010. At baseline, frailty was identified according to Fried's phenotype, and a four-item Healthy Lifestyle Index (HLS) was calculated based on physical activity, diet, smoking and alcohol consumption. Mortality was ascertained from baseline through 2021. A mediation analysis under the counterfactual framework was performed adjusting for the main confounders.
    Results: during a median follow-up of 12.5 years, 9,383 deaths occurred. Frailty was directly associated with all-cause mortality (hazard ratio: 2.30 [95% confidence interval {CI} 2.07, 2.54]), and inversely associated with the HLS (ß: -0.45 points [-0.49, -0.40]). The hazard ratio [95%CI] for the direct effect of frailty on mortality was 2.12 [1.91, 2.34], whilst for the indirect effect (mediated by HLS) was 1.08 [1.07, 1.10]. The mediated proportion of HLS on mortality was 13.55% [11.26, 16.20], with physical activity having the highest proportion amongst the four HLS items (7.69% [5.00, 10.40]).
    Conclusions: a healthy lifestyle partly mediates the association between frailty and mortality in British older adults. Since this was an exploratory mediation analysis, these results should be specifically tested in future research.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Frailty/diagnosis ; Biological Specimen Banks ; Mediation Analysis ; Life Style ; United Kingdom/epidemiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-08-08
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 186788-x
    ISSN 1468-2834 ; 0002-0729
    ISSN (online) 1468-2834
    ISSN 0002-0729
    DOI 10.1093/ageing/afad092
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  5. Article: Weight loss as a risk factor for suicide. A prospective cohort study in more than 200,000 adults.

    Cabanas-Sánchez, Verónica / Yu, Tsung / Rodríguez-Artalejo, Fernando / Martínez-Gómez, David

    Obesity research & clinical practice

    2023  Volume 17, Issue 3, Page(s) 269–270

    Abstract: This study examined the association of changes in body weight with suicide mortality in 214,105 participants, aged 18-97 years, from the MJ cohort, Taiwan. During a mean follow-up of 15.0 ± 4.9 years, 239 participants died for suicide. Mean change in ... ...

    Abstract This study examined the association of changes in body weight with suicide mortality in 214,105 participants, aged 18-97 years, from the MJ cohort, Taiwan. During a mean follow-up of 15.0 ± 4.9 years, 239 participants died for suicide. Mean change in body weight was 0.29 ± 1.8 Kg/year. A nonlinear dose-response relationship between changes in body weight and suicide was detected (p < 0.001), so that incidence of suicide raised when body weight decreased. The HR (95%CI) per 1 kg/year of weight loss was 1.35 (1.03-1.75) for underweight participants. These findings highlight that weight loss could be a risk factor for suicide, especially among underweight people.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Adult ; Thinness/complications ; Prospective Studies ; Weight Loss ; Body Weight/physiology ; Risk Factors ; Suicide ; Body Mass Index
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-12
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Letter
    ZDB-ID 2274031-4
    ISSN 1878-0318 ; 1871-403X
    ISSN (online) 1878-0318
    ISSN 1871-403X
    DOI 10.1016/j.orcp.2023.04.002
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  6. Article ; Online: Specific dairy foods and risk of frailty in older women: a prospective cohort study.

    Struijk, Ellen A / Fung, Teresa T / Rodriguez-Artalejo, Fernando / Bischoff-Ferrari, Heike A / Willett, Walter C / Lopez-Garcia, Esther

    BMC medicine

    2024  Volume 22, Issue 1, Page(s) 89

    Abstract: Background: Dairy contains a complex mixture of lipids, proteins, and micronutrients. Whether habitual dairy consumption is associated with health benefits is not well established. Since dairy is high in nutrients that are potentially protective against ...

    Abstract Background: Dairy contains a complex mixture of lipids, proteins, and micronutrients. Whether habitual dairy consumption is associated with health benefits is not well established. Since dairy is high in nutrients that are potentially protective against frailty, the association between dairy products and the risk of frailty is of interest.
    Methods: We analyzed data from 85,280 women aged ≥ 60 years participating in the Nurses' Health Study. Consumption of milk, yogurt, and cheese was obtained from repeated food frequency questionnaires administered between 1980 and 2010. Frailty was defined as having at least three of the following five criteria from the FRAIL scale: fatigue, low strength, reduced aerobic capacity, having ≥ 5 chronic illnesses, and a weight loss of ≥ 5%. The occurrence of frailty was assessed every four years from 1992 to 2018. Cox proportional hazard models were used to examine the association between the intake of dairy foods and frailty.
    Results: During follow-up we identified 15,912 incident cases of frailty. Consumption of milk or yogurt was not associated with the risk of frailty after adjustment for lifestyle factors, medication use, and overall diet quality. Cheese consumption was positively associated with risk of frailty [relative risk (95% confidence interval) for one serving/day increment in consumption: 1.10 (1.05, 1.16)]. Replacing one serving/day of milk, yogurt, or cheese with one serving/day of whole grains, nuts, or legumes was associated with a significant lower risk of frailty, while replacing milk, yogurt, or cheese with red meat or eggs was associated with an increased risk. When milk was replaced with a sugar-sweetened or artificially sweetened beverage, a greater risk of frailty was observed, while replacing milk with orange juice was associated with a lower risk of frailty.
    Conclusions: The results suggest that the association between milk, yogurt, and cheese and frailty partly depends on the replacement product. Habitual consumption of milk or yogurt was not associated with risk of frailty, whereas cheese consumption may be associated with an increased risk.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Female ; Aged ; Animals ; Prospective Studies ; Frailty/epidemiology ; Sweetening Agents ; Dairy Products ; Milk ; Diet ; Risk Factors ; Yogurt
    Chemical Substances Sweetening Agents
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-29
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2131669-7
    ISSN 1741-7015 ; 1741-7015
    ISSN (online) 1741-7015
    ISSN 1741-7015
    DOI 10.1186/s12916-024-03280-8
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  7. Article ; Online: Dietary vitamin C intake and changes in frequency, severity, and location of pain in older adults.

    Delgado-Velandia, Mario / Ortolá, Rosario / García-Esquinas, Esther / Carballo-Casla, Adrián / Sotos-Prieto, Mercedes / Rodríguez-Artalejo, Fernando

    The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences

    2024  

    Abstract: Background: Oral vitamin C supplementation has been associated with lower risk of chronic postsurgical pain. However, the effect of dietary vitamin C on pain in a non-surgical setting is unknown. We aimed to investigate the association between dietary ... ...

    Abstract Background: Oral vitamin C supplementation has been associated with lower risk of chronic postsurgical pain. However, the effect of dietary vitamin C on pain in a non-surgical setting is unknown. We aimed to investigate the association between dietary vitamin C intake and changes over time in chronic pain and its characteristics in community-dwelling adults aged 60+ years.
    Methods: We pooled data from participants of the Seniors-ENRICA-1 (n=864) and Seniors-ENRICA-2 (n=862) cohorts who reported pain at baseline or at follow-up. Habitual diet was assessed with a face-to-face diet history and dietary vitamin C intake was estimated using standard food composition tables. Pain changes over time were the difference between scores at baseline and follow-up obtained from a pain scale that considered the frequency, severity, and number of pain locations. Multivariable-adjusted relative risk ratios (RRR) were obtained using multinomial logistic regression.
    Results: After a median follow-up of 2.6 years, pain worsened for 696 (40.3%) participants, improved for 734 (42.5%), and did not change for 296 (17.2%). Compared to the lowest tertile of energy-adjusted vitamin C intake, those in the highest tertile had a higher likelihood of overall pain improvement (RRR 1.61 [95% confidence interval 1.07-2.41],p-trend 0.02). Higher vitamin C intake was also associated with lower pain frequency (1.57 [1.00-2.47],p-trend=0.05) and number of pain locations (1.75 [1.13-2.70],p-trend=0.01).
    Conclusions: Higher dietary vitamin C intake was associated with improvement of pain and with lower pain frequency and number of pain locations in older adults. Nutritional interventions to increase dietary vitamin C intake with the aim of improving pain management require clinical testing.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-17
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1223643-3
    ISSN 1758-535X ; 1079-5006
    ISSN (online) 1758-535X
    ISSN 1079-5006
    DOI 10.1093/gerona/glae093
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  8. Article ; Online: Lifestyle behaviors, social and economic disadvantages, and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: results from the US National Health Interview Survey.

    Duarte Junior, Miguel Angelo / Pintos Carrillo, Salud / Martínez-Gómez, David / Sotos Prieto, Mercedes / Rodríguez-Artalejo, Fernando / Cabanas Sánchez, Verónica

    Frontiers in public health

    2024  Volume 12, Page(s) 1297060

    Abstract: Aim: To examine the independent relationships of lifestyle and social and economic factors with all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in a large representative sample of the US adult population. Furthermore, the association between the ... ...

    Abstract Aim: To examine the independent relationships of lifestyle and social and economic factors with all-cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in a large representative sample of the US adult population. Furthermore, the association between the combination of lifestyle and social and economic factors with mortality was analyzed in detail.
    Methods: The sample included 103,314 participants with valid records and eligible for mortality follow-up, and information on lifestyle factors and social and economic disadvantages (NHIS waves 2000, 2005, 2010, and 2015). An unhealthy lifestyle score was constructed using information on physical activity, alcohol consumption, diet, and smoking status. Social and economic disadvantages were assessed using information on education, receipt of dividends, employment, family's home, and access to private health. Information on mortality data was determined by the National Death Index records.
    Results: Compared with favorable lifestyle, unfavorable lifestyle was associated with higher all-cause (HR 2.07; 95% CI 1.97-2.19) and CVD (HR 1.84; 95% CI 1.68-2.02) mortality. Higher social and economic disadvantages were also associated with higher all-cause (HR 2.44; 95% CI 2.30-2.59) and CVD mortality (HR 2.44; 95% CI 2.16-2.77), compared to low social and economic disadvantages. In joint associations, participants in the high social and economic disadvantage and unfavorable lifestyle showed a greater risk of all-cause (HR 4.06; 95% CI 3.69-4.47) and CVD mortality (HR 3.98; 95% CI 3.31-4.79).
    Conclusion: Lifestyle and social and economic disadvantages are associated with all-cause and CVD mortality. The risk of mortality increases as the number of social and economic disadvantages and unhealthy lifestyles increases.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Humans ; Risk Factors ; Life Style ; Cardiovascular Diseases/epidemiology ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Social Behavior
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-28
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2711781-9
    ISSN 2296-2565 ; 2296-2565
    ISSN (online) 2296-2565
    ISSN 2296-2565
    DOI 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1297060
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  9. Article ; Online: Joy is short-lived in the house of the poor.

    Rodríguez-Artalejo, Fernando / García-Esquinas, Esther

    Journal of epidemiology and community health

    2021  Volume 75, Issue 7, Page(s) 608–609

    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-04-22
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 391868-3
    ISSN 1470-2738 ; 0142-467X ; 0141-7681 ; 0143-005X
    ISSN (online) 1470-2738
    ISSN 0142-467X ; 0141-7681 ; 0143-005X
    DOI 10.1136/jech-2021-216797
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  10. Article ; Online: Plant-Based Diets and Risk of Hip Fracture in Postmenopausal Women.

    Sotos-Prieto, Mercedes / Rodriguez-Artalejo, Fernando / Fung, Teresa T / Meyer, Haakon E / Hu, Frank B / Willett, Walter C / Bhupathiraju, Shilpa N

    JAMA network open

    2024  Volume 7, Issue 2, Page(s) e241107

    Abstract: Importance: Previous research has found that vegetarian diets are associated with lower bone mineral density and higher risk of fractures, but these studies did not differentiate the quality of the plant-based foods.: Objective: To examine the ... ...

    Abstract Importance: Previous research has found that vegetarian diets are associated with lower bone mineral density and higher risk of fractures, but these studies did not differentiate the quality of the plant-based foods.
    Objective: To examine the association between the quality of plant-based diets (not necessarily vegan but also omnivorous) and hip fracture risk among postmenopausal women in the Nurses' Health Study.
    Design, setting, and participants: This cohort study analyzed data from 70 285 postmenopausal women who participated in the US Nurses' Health Study from 1984 through 2014. Data were analyzed from January 1 to July 31, 2023.
    Main outcomes and measures: Hip fractures were self-reported on biennial questionnaires. Diet was assessed every 4 years using a validated semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire. Plant-based diet quality was assessed using 2 previously established indices: the healthful Plant-Based Diet Index (hPDI), for which healthy plant foods (whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes, vegetable oils, and tea or coffee) received positive scores, whereas less healthy plant foods (fruit juices, sweetened beverages, refined grains, potatoes, and sweets or desserts) and animal foods received reversed scores; and the unhealthful Plant-Based Diet Index (uPDI), for which positive scores were given to less healthy plant foods and reversed scores to healthy plant and animal foods. Quintile scores of 18 food groups were summed, with a theoretical range for both indices of 18 to 90 (highest adherence). Cox proportional hazards regression with time-varying covariates was used to compute hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% CIs for hip fracture.
    Results: In total, 70 285 participants (mean [SD] age, 54.92 [4.48] years; 100% White women) were included, and 2038 cases of hip fracture were ascertained during the study and for up to 30 years of follow-up. Neither the hPDI (HR for highest vs lowest quintile, 0.97 [95% CI, 0.83-1.14]) nor the uPDI (HR for highest vs lowest quintile, 1.02 [95% CI, 0.87-1.20]) for long-term diet adherence was associated with hip fracture risk. However, when examining recent intake for the highest vs lowest quintiles, the hPDI was associated with 21% lower risk of hip fracture (HR, 0.79 [95% CI, 0.68-0.92]; P = .02 for trend), and the uPDI was associated with 28% higher risk (1.28 [95% CI, 1.09-1.51]; P = .008 for trend).
    Conclusions and relevance: Findings of this cohort study indicated that long-term adherence to healthful or unhealthful plant-based diets as assessed by hPDI and uPDI scores was not associated with hip fracture risk. Future research should clarify whether the associations observed with recent dietary intake are due to short-term effects of these dietary patterns, reverse causality, or both.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Cohort Studies ; Diet, Plant-Based ; Postmenopause ; Hip Fractures/epidemiology ; Hip Fractures/prevention & control ; Diet ; Vegetables
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-05
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2574-3805
    ISSN (online) 2574-3805
    DOI 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.1107
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