Food processing and risk of hypertension: Cohort of Universities of Minas Gerais, Brazil (CUME Project).

Katiusse Rezende-AlvesHelen Hermana Miranda HermsdorffAline Elizabeth da Silva MirandaAline Cristine Souza LopesJosefina BressanAdriano Marçal Pimenta

Published in: Public health nutrition (2020)

In this prospective cohort of Brazilian middle-aged adult university graduates, the highest consumptions of U/MPF&CP and UPF were associated with, respectively, reduced and increased risk of hypertension. Additional longitudinal studies are needed to confirm our results.

Keyphrases

blood pressure
middle aged
quality improvement
cross sectional
case control