NEW YORK
\nHigher intake of yogurt may lower the risk of cardiovascular disease among hypertensive men and women, a new study suggests.<\/p>\n
According to the researchers, clinical trials have previously demonstrated beneficial effects of dairy consumption on cardiovascular health. Yogurt may independently be related to cardiovascular disease risk.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur results provide important new evidence that yogurt may benefit heart health alone or as a consistent part of a diet rich in fibre-rich fruits, vegetables and whole grains,\u201d said co-author of the study Justin R. Buendia from the Boston University School of Medicine in the US.<\/p>\n
For the study, published in American Journal of Hypertension, researchers included over 55,000 women aged between 30-55 with high blood pressure from the Nurses\u2019 Health Study and 18,000 men aged between 40-75 who participated in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study.<\/p>\n
In the Nurses\u2019 Health Study, participants were asked to complete a mailed 61-item questionnaire in 1980 to report usual dietary intake in the preceding year.<\/p>\n
Participants subsequently reported any interim physician-diagnosed events including myocardial infarction, stroke and revascularisation.<\/p>\n
The researchers found that higher intakes of yogurt were associated with a 30 per cent reduction in risk of myocardial infarction among the Nurses\u2019 Health Study women and a 19 per cent reduction in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study men.<\/p>\n
There were 3,300 and 2,148 total cardiovascular disease cases (myocardial infarction, stroke, and revascularisation) in the Nurses\u2019 Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study, respectively, the researchers said.<\/p>\n
Higher yogurt intake in women was associated with a 16 per cent lower risk of undergoing revascularisation.<\/p>\n
In both groups, participants consuming more than two servings a week of yogurt had an approximately 20 per cent lower risks of major coronary heart disease or stroke during the follow-up period.<\/p>\n
When revascularisation was added to the total cardiovascular disease outcome variable, the risk estimates were reduced for both men and women but remained significant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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