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Availability, affordability, and consumption of fruits and vegetables in 18 countries across income levels: findings from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study

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In this article, the authors assessed fruit and vegetable consumption using data from country-specific, validated semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaires in the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study, which enrolled participants from communities in 18 countries between Jan 1, 2003, and Dec 31, 2013.
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This article is published in The Lancet Global Health.The article was published on 2016-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 268 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Household income.

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Global vascular guidelines on the management of chronic limb-threatening ischemia

Michael S. Conte, +58 more
TL;DR: The GVG proposes a new Global Anatomic Staging System (GLASS), which involves defining a preferred target artery path (TAP) and then estimating limb-based patency (LBP) resulting in three stages of complexity for intervention.
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Reducing the Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease, Part 1: The Epidemiology and Risk Factors.

TL;DR: An overview of the current epidemiological data on cardiovascular diseases, its risk factors, and strategies aimed at reducing its burden is provided, and better implementation of evidence-based policies and integrated health systems strategies that improve CVD prevention and management are described.
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Fruit, vegetable, and legume intake, and cardiovascular disease and deaths in 18 countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study

Victoria Miller, +355 more
- 04 Nov 2017 - 
TL;DR: Higher total fruit, vegetable, and legume intake was inversely associated with major cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction, cardiovascular mortality, non-cardiovascular mortality, and total mortality in the models adjusted for age, sex, and centre (random effect).
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A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

Stephen S Lim, +210 more
- 15 Dec 2012 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors estimated deaths and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs; sum of years lived with disability [YLD] and years of life lost [YLL]) attributable to the independent effects of 67 risk factors and clusters of risk factors for 21 regions in 1990 and 2010.
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Health benefits of fruit and vegetables are from additive and synergistic combinations of phytochemicals.

TL;DR: It is proposed that the additive and synergistic effects of phytochemicals in fruit and vegetables are responsible for their potent antioxidant and anticancer activities, and that the benefit of a diet rich in Fruit and vegetables is attributed to the complex mixture of phydochemicals present in whole foods.
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