Habitual chocolate consumption and the risk of incident heart failure among healthy men and women

C. S. Kwok; Y. K. Loke; A. A. Welch; R. N. Luben; M. A. H. Lentjes; S. M. Boekholdt; R. Pfister; M. A. Mamas; N. J. Wareham; K.-T. Khaw; P. K. Myint

doi:10.1016/j.numecd.2016.01.003

Habitual chocolate consumption and the risk of incident heart failure among healthy men and women

C. S. Kwok
, Y. K. Loke
, A. A. Welch
, R. N. Luben
, M. A. H. Lentjes
, S. M. Boekholdt
, R. Pfister
, M. A. Mamas
, N. J. Wareham
, K.-T. Khaw
, P. K. Myint

Keele University
University of East Anglia
University of Cambridge
Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam
University of Cologne
Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: We aimed to examine the association between chocolate intake and the risk of incident heart failure in a UK general population. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to quantify this association.

METHODS AND RESULTS: We used data from a prospective population-based study, the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC)-Norfolk cohort. Chocolate intake was quantified based on a food frequency questionnaire obtained at baseline (1993-1997) and incident heart failure was ascertained up to March 2009. We supplemented the primary data with a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies which evaluated risk of incident heart failure with chocolate consumption. A total of 20,922 participants (53% women; mean age 58 ± 9 years) were included of whom 1101 developed heart failure during the follow up (mean 12.5 ± 2.7 years, total person years 262,291 years). After adjusting for lifestyle and dietary factors, we found 19% relative reduction in heart failure incidence in the top (up to 100 g/d) compared to the bottom quintile of chocolate consumption (HR 0.81 95%CI 0.66-0.98) but the results were no longer significant after controlling for comorbidities (HR 0.87 95%CI 0.71-1.06). Additional adjustment for potential mediators did not attenuate the results further. We identified five relevant studies including the current study (N = 75,408). The pooled results showed non-significant 19% relative risk reduction of heart failure incidence with higher chocolate consumption (HR 0.81 95%CI 0.66-1.01).

CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that higher chocolate intake is not associated with subsequent incident heart failure.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	722-734
Number of pages	13
Journal	Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases: NMCD
Volume	26
Issue number	8
Early online date	28 Jan 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2016.01.003
Publication status	Published - Aug 2016

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Acknowledgments
The authors would like to thank the participants of the EPIC-Norfolk cohort. We thank the nutritionist team and data management team of the EPIC-Norfolk cohort. The EPIC-Norfolk study was supported by grants from the Medical Research Council and Cancer Research UK. Funders had no role in study design or interpretation of the findings.

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heart failure
chocolate
cocoa
epidemiology
meta-analysis

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Phyo Myint, Clinical Chair in Medicine of Old Age
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition, Aberdeen Cardiovascular and Diabetes Centre
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition, Applied Health Sciences - Chair in Old Age Medicine (Clinical)
- Institute of Applied Health Sciences
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Kwok, C. S., Loke, Y. K., Welch, A. A., Luben, R. N., Lentjes, M. A. H., Boekholdt, S. M., Pfister, R., Mamas, M. A., Wareham, N. J., Khaw, K.-T., & Myint, P. K. (2016). Habitual chocolate consumption and the risk of incident heart failure among healthy men and women. Nutrition, Metabolism, and Cardiovascular Diseases: NMCD, 26(8), 722-734. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2016.01.003

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Habitual chocolate consumption and the risk of incident heart failure among healthy men and women

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