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Nut consumption and incidence of hypertension: The SUN prospective cohort
Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases, 08/21/09

Martínez-Lapiscina EH et al. – Findings do not provide evidence for an inverse association between nut consumption and incident hypertension in this cohort. Studies with a higher baseline risk of hypertension should further test this relationship.

Methods

Study of association between nut consumption and hypertension incidence among 9919 Spanish pts followed biennially for median of 4.3 yrs
Assessment of food habits by validated 136-item food-frequency questionnaire
Classification of nut consumption: rarely/never, 1–3 servings/mo, 1/wk, and 2+/wk
Classification as incident case of hypertension based on freedom from hypertension at baseline and subsequent report of physician-diagnosed hypertension in ≥1 follow-up questionnaires

Results

Incidence of hypertension: 12.4/1000 person-yrs
No association between nut consumption and incidence of hypertension after adjusting for sex, age and other dietary and non-dietary potential confounders
Results not modified on stratification by sex or to body mass index

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