Consumption of vegetables, fruit and other plant foods in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohorts from 10 European countries

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Public Health Nutrition / Volume 5 / Issue 6b / December 2002, pp 1179-1196
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/PHN2002398 (About DOI), Published online: 02 January 2007

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Consumption of vegetables, fruit and other plant foods in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohorts from 10 European countries

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slimani n [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
ocké m [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
naska a [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
miller a [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
kroke a [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
bamia c [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
karalis d [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
vineis p [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
palli d [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
bueno-de-mesquita h [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
peeters p [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
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hjartåker a [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
navarro c [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
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wallström p [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
zhang j [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
welch a [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
spencer e [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
stripp c [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
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A Agudo^a1 ^c1, N Slimani^a2, MC Ocké^a3, A Naska^a4, AB Miller^a5, A Kroke^a6, C Bamia^a4, D Karalis^a4, P Vineis^a7, D Palli^a8, HB Bueno-de-Mesquita^a3, PHM Peeters^a9, D Engeset^a10, A Hjartåker^a11, C Navarro^a12, C Martínez Garcia^a13, P Wallström^a14, JX Zhang^a15, AA Welch^a16, E Spencer^a17, C Stripp^a18, K Overvad^a19, F Clavel-Chapelon^a20, C Casagrande^a2 and E Riboli^a2

^a1Department of Epidemiology, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), 08907 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

^a2International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

^a3National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

^a4School of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece

^a5German Cancer Research Centre, Heidelberg, Germany

^a6German Institute of Human Nutrition, Postdam-Rehbrücke, Germany

^a7Cancer Epidemiology Unit, University of Turin, Italy

^a8Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, CSPO, Scientific Institute of Tuscany, Florence, Italy

^a9Julius Center for General Practice and Patient Oriented Research, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

^a10Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Norway

^a11Institute for Basic Medical Sciences, Oslo, Norway

^a12Department of Epidemiology, Health Council of Murcia, Spain

^a13Andalusian School of Public Health, Granada, Spain

^a14Department of Medicine, Lund University, Malmö University Hospital, Sweden

^a15Nutritional Research, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, University of Umeå, Sweden

^a16Institute of Public Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, UK

^a17Cancer Research UK, Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, UK

^a18Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark

^a19Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Aarhus, Denmark

^a20INSERM, U521, Institute Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France

Abstract

Objective: To describe and compare the consumption of the main groups and sub-groups of vegetables and fruits (V&F) in men and women from the centres participating in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).

Design: Cross-sectional analysis. Dietary intake was assessed by means of a 24-hour dietary recall using computerised interview software and standardised procedures. Crude and adjusted means were computed for the main groups and sub-groups of V&F by centre, separately for men and women. Adjusted means by season, day of the week and age were estimated using weights and covariance analysis.

Setting: Twenty-seven centres in 10 European countries participating in the EPIC project.

Subjects: In total, 35 955 subjects (13 031 men and 22 924 women), aged 35–74 years, randomly selected from each EPIC cohort.

Results: The centres from southern countries had the highest consumption of V&F, while the lowest intake was seen in The Netherlands and Scandinavia for both genders. These differences were more evident for fruits, particularly citrus. However, slightly different patterns arose for some sub-groups of vegetables, such as root vegetables and cabbage. Adjustment for body mass index, physical activity, smoking habits and education did not substantially modify the mean intakes of vegetables and fruits.

Conclusions: Total vegetable and fruit intake follows a south–north gradient in both genders, whereas for several sub-groups of vegetables a different geographic distribution exists. Differences in mean intake of V&F by centre were not explained by lifestyle factors associated with V&F intake.

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^c1 *Corresponding author: Email a.agudo@ico.scs.es

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					A Agudo,
					N Slimani,
					MC Ocké,
					A Naska,
					AB Miller,
					A Kroke,
					C Bamia,
					D Karalis,
					P Vineis,
					D Palli,
					HB Bueno-de-Mesquita,
					PHM Peeters,
					D Engeset,
					A Hjartåker,
					C Navarro,
					C Martínez Garcia,
					P Wallström,
					JX Zhang,
					AA Welch,
					E Spencer,
					C Stripp,
					K Overvad,
					F Clavel-Chapelon,
					C Casagrande
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Consumption of vegetables, fruit and other plant foods in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohorts from 10 European countries

A Agudo, N Slimani, MC Ocké, A Naska, AB Miller, A Kroke, C Bamia, D Karalis, P Vineis, D Palli, HB Bueno-de-Mesquita, PHM Peeters, D Engeset, A Hjartåker, C Navarro, C Martínez Garcia, P Wallström, JX Zhang, AA Welch, E Spencer, C Stripp, K Overvad, F Clavel-Chapelon, C Casagrande and E Riboli December 2002
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Consumption of vegetables, fruit and other plant foods in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohorts from 10 European countries