Death, Mets
Conditions
Brief summary
To assess the associations between egg and dietary cholesterol consumption with mortality and metabolic syndrome (MetS).
Detailed description
Substitution models, sensitivity analyses, subgroup analyses and multiple linear regression analyses will be conducted to specifically estimate the hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals of mortality and MetS associated with egg and cholesterol consumption.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* participants aged ≥20 y
Exclusion criteria
* missing creatinine, age, cannot be linked to socio-demographic data; aged less than 20; without complete dietary data .
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| mortality | participants were followed up from 1991 to 2015 | mortality |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| metabolic syndrome | The blood samples were collected in 2009 for the first time. | MetS was defined according to the updated National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP: ATP III) criteria for Asian-Americans. |