Status:
COMPLETED
Chocolate and CVD Risk in Postmenopausal Women
Lead Sponsor:
Brooklyn College of the City University of New York
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Department of Health and Human Services
Conditions:
Cardiovascular Disease
Heart Disease
Eligibility:
FEMALE
55-79 years
Brief Summary
The investigators will conduct an epidemiological analysis of data from the Women's Health Initiative to investigate the prospective association between chocolate intake and the risk of heart disease ...
Detailed Description
BACKGROUND: Three recent meta-analyses found significant prospective inverse associations between chocolate intake and cardiovascular disease risk. Evidence from these meta-analyses suggests that such...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Postmenopausal women
- age between 50 and 79 years
- enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Observational Study, or in the control arm of one or more overlapping WHI clinical trials.
Exclusion
- implausible energy intakes, defined as \<600 kcal/d or \>5,000 kcal/d;
- implausible body mass indices (BMI) (\<15 or \>50 kg/m2)
- implausible height\<122 cm (4 ft.)
- self-reported preexisting serious chronic disease at baseline, including diabetes, angina, myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, heart failure, coronary artery bypass graft, percutaneous coronary intervention or cancer.
- missing data on preexisting major chronic disease or any exposure, outcome or confounder variables.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 15 2014
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
83310 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03453073
Start Date
December 15 2014
End Date
July 1 2018
Last Update
November 6 2020
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