Association Between Dietary Choline and Betaine Intake and 10.6-year Cardiovascular Disease in Adults

Overview

Journal Nutr J

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty Nutritional Sciences

Date 2022 Jan 6

PMID 34986852

Citations 7

Authors

Mahdieh Golzarand

Parvin Mirmiran

Fereidoun Azizi

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Abstract

Background: Several studies have assessed the association between dietary choline and betaine and cardiovascular disease (CVD), but their results are inconsistent. The present study aimed to determine the association between dietary intake of choline and betaine and the risk of CVD in the general population over a 10.6-year period of follow-up.

Methods: The present cohort study was conducted on participants in the third wave of the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (2006-2008) and was followed-up until March 2018. Dietary intake of choline and betaine was calculated using the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) database. Patients' medical records were used to collect data on CVD.

Results: In this study, 2606 subjects with no previous CVD participated and were followed-up for a median of 10.6 years. During the follow-up periods, 187 incidences of CVD were detected. Results of the Cox proportional hazards regression indicated that neither energy-adjusted total choline nor betaine was associated with the incidence of CVD. Among individual choline forms, only higher intake of free choline (FC) was associated with a lower risk of CVD (HR: 0.64, 95% CI: 0.42-0.98). There was no significant association between each 10 mg/d increase in choline and betaine content of each food category and CVD.

Conclusion: Our investigation indicates no association between energy-adjusted total choline and betaine and a 10.6-year risk of CVD among adults. Besides, we found no relationship between individual choline forms (except FC) and CVD. We also found energy-adjusted choline and betaine obtained from food categories were not associated with the risk of CVD.

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