Potato Consumption and Risk of Hypertension

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Government has popularized potatoes as a major staple food in China. Potato, a potassium-rich food with high glycemic responses after consumption, exhibits unclear effects on hypertension. In this study, the investigators aimed to examine the association between potato consumption and hypertension risk among Chinese people.

Detailed Description
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Potato is considered as a superior crop due to its significant nutritive value and great production yield. China is the largest potato producer with a quarter of world production, followed by India, Russia, and USA. The potato production as well as consumption has enhanced in developing countries while continuously declined in developed countries during the last decade. The investigators therefore explored the prospective associations of consumption of total potatoes, sweet potatoes, stir-fried potatoes, and non stir-fried potatoes with the risk of hypertension in general people of the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) cohort study from 1989 to 2011. A total of 11,763 participants (≥20 years old) who were free of hypertension at baseline were enrolled from CHNS Cohort study. Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to estimate the associations after adjusting for potential confounders. This study provides new evidence on the association of various potato consumption with the incidence of hypertension in China. As urbanization accelerates across the whole domain of China, the tendency of transition to Western-style diets and lifestyles appears continuously and steeply growing. More and more potatoes will be consumed as processed potato products including potatoes chips and French fries, which may be a potential risk factor of hypertension occurrence.

Official Title
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Potato Consumption Is Prospectively Associated With Risk of Hypertension: An 11.3-year Longitudinal Cohort Study

Conditions
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Hypertension

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Adults aged 20-93 with complete data on diet and follow-up time Adults with no chronic disease history Exclusion Criteria: Adults aged < 20 years Identified to be pregnant Previously diagnosed with hypertension, cancers, infarction, apoplexy, and diabetes

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 20 Years
Maximum Age: 93 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hypertension | Incidence of hypertension, on basis of self-reported physician diagnosis, systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mm Hg, diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mm Hg, or previous diagnose of hypertension by a physician or current use of anti-hypertensive drugs | From entry into the study (baseline: 1989-2009) until 2011 | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Potato consumption | The frequency and the quantity of daily average consumption of total potatoes, sweet potatoes, stir-fried potatoes, and non stir-fried potatoes (g/day) based on 3-day 24-hr recall | From entry into the study (baseline: 1989-2009) until 2011 | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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potato consumption, hypertension, CHNS