Flavonoid intake is associated with lower mortality in the Danish Diet Cancer and Health Cohort

Authors

Nicola P. Bondonno, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Frederik Dalgaard
Cecilie Kyrø
Kevin Murray
Catherine P. Bondonno, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Joshua R. Lewis, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Kevin D. Croft
Gunnar Gislason
Augustin Scalbert
Aedin Cassidy
Anne Tjønneland
Kim Overvad
Jonathan M. Hodgson, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow

Author Identifier

Nicola Bondonno

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5905-444X

Catherine Bondonno

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8509-439X

Joshua Lewis

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1003-8443

Jonathan Hodgson

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6184-7764

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Title

Nature Communications

ISSN

2041-1723

Volume

10

Issue

1

First Page

3651

Last Page

3651

PubMed ID

31409784

Publisher

Springer

School

School of Medical and Health Sciences

RAS ID

29880

Funders

Danish Cancer Society, Denmark; The Danish Heart Foundation (Grant number 17-R115-A7443-22062; Gangstedfonden (Grant number A35136), Denmark; National Health and Medical Research Council Early Career Fellowship (Grant number APP1159914), Australia; National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Senior Research Fellowship, Australia (Grant number APP1116937).

Grant Number

NHMRC Number : GNT1159914, NHMRC Number : 1116973

Grant Link

http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1159914

http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1116973

Comments

Bondonno, N. P., Dalgaard, F., Kyrø, C., Murray, K., Bondonno, C. P., Lewis, J. R., ... Hodgson, J. M. (2019). Flavonoid intake is associated with lower mortality in the Danish Diet Cancer and Health Cohort. Nature Communications, 10, Article 3651. Available here

Abstract

Flavonoids, plant-derived polyphenolic compounds, have been linked with health benefits. However, evidence from observational studies is incomplete; studies on cancer mortality are scarce and moderating effects of lifestyle risk factors for early mortality are unknown. In this prospective cohort study including 56,048 participants of the Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health cohort crosslinked with Danish nationwide registries and followed for 23 years, there are 14,083 deaths. A moderate habitual intake of flavonoids is inversely associated with all-cause, cardiovascular- and cancer-related mortality. This strong association plateaus at intakes of approximately 500 mg/day. Furthermore, the inverse associations between total flavonoid intake and mortality outcomes are stronger and more linear in smokers than in non-smokers, as well as in heavy (>20 g/d) vs. low-moderate (/d) alcohol consumers. These findings highlight the potential to reduce mortality through recommendations to increase intakes of flavonoid-rich foods, particularly in smokers and high alcohol consumers.

DOI

10.1038/s41467-019-11622-x

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