Adherence to the Dutch dietary guidelines and 15-year incidence of heart failure in the EPIC-NL cohort

Purpose: A healthy diet may contribute to the primary prevention of heart failure (HF), but evidence is still inconclusive. We aimed to study the association between adherence to the Dutch dietary guidelines and incidence of HF. Methods: We studied 37,468 participants aged 20–70 years and free of HF at baseline from the EPIC-NL cohort. At baseline (1993–1997), data were collected on demographics, lifestyle, and presence of chronic diseases. Dietary intake was assessed using a 178-item validated food frequency questionnaire. Dietary intake data were used to calculate scores on the Dutch Healthy... Mehr ...