收藏切换
Association between dietary diversity and mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer
收藏切换
PDF
Zhiqing ZHAO1, Wenbin OUYANG1, Pingting YANG2, Hao WU2, Ying LI2, Xin HUANG1
Chinese Journal of Disease Control and Prevention | 2026, 30(2) : 183 - 188
Less
收藏切换
Chinese Journal of Disease Control and Prevention | 2026, 30(2): 183-188
Original Articles
Association between dietary diversity and mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer
Full
Zhiqing ZHAO1, Wenbin OUYANG1, Pingting YANG2, Hao WU2, Ying LI2, Xin HUANG1
Affiliations
  • 1Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410013, China
  • 2Department of Health Management, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China
Published: 2026-02-10 doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2026.02.008
Outline
收藏切换
Objective

To examine the association between dietary diversity and all-cause, cardiovascular disease, and cancer mortality among Chinese, and to examine the possibility of exposure-response relationships.

Methods

We established a historical cohort by linking health examination records of 57 737 adults (2015-2022) with death registry data. The dietary diversity score (DDS, 0-9 scores) was assessed and divided into three groups based on the number of points (0-3 scores), moderate (4-6 scores) and sufficient (7-9 scores). We used restricted cubic splines (RCS) combined with Cox proportional hazards regression model to analyze the association between DDS and mortality, and Kaplan-Meier curves was applied to describe the survival status across DDS groups.

Results

The association between DDS and cancer mortality was not statistically significant (P>0.05). In contrast, nonlinear associations were observed for all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality (P < 0.01). When DDS was lower than 3, risks of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality increased progressively with decreasing DDS. Compared with a DDS of 9, participants with DDS scores of 4-8 had no significant increase in cardiovascular disease mortality risk. For all-cause mortality, the lowest risk was observed at a DDS of 6, with the protective effect attenuating at scores >6 (β=0.01, P < 0.001). Compared with the adequate group, individuals with moderate and inadequate dietary diversity had 26% (HR=1.26, 95% CI: 1.06-1.50) and 45% (HR=1.45, 95% CI: 1.03-2.03) higher risks of cardiovascular disease mortality, respectively.

Conclusions

Inadequate dietary diversity was significantly and nonlinearly associated with increased risks of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality. The lowest risk of death was observed at a moderate DDS level, with no additional benefit at higher scores. Individuals with a DDS < 3 were at substantially higher risk of both all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality.

Dietary diversity  /  Mortality  /  Cardiovascular disease  /  Cancer
Zhiqing ZHAO, Wenbin OUYANG, Pingting YANG, Hao WU, Ying LI, Xin HUANG. Association between dietary diversity and mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer[J]. Chinese Journal of Disease Control and Prevention, 2026 , 30 (2) : 183 -188 . DOI: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2026.02.008
Year 2026 volume 30 Issue 2
PDF
48
22
Cite this Article
BibTeX
Article Info
doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2026.02.008
  • Receive Date:2025-07-22
  • Online Date:2026-05-08
  • Published:2026-02-10
Article Data
Affiliations
History
  • Received:2025-07-22
  • Revised:2025-12-21
Affiliations
    1Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410013, China
    2Department of Health Management, The Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China

Corresponding:

HUANG Xin, E-mail:
References
Share
https://castjournals.cast.org.cn/joweb/zhjbkjzz/EN/10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2026.02.008
Share to
QR

Scan QR to access full text

Cite this article
BibTeX
Citations
表12种不同金属材料的力学参数

Family
属数
Number of
genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of
total species (%)

Genus
种数
Number of
species
占总种数比例
Percentage of total
species (%)
鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae 2 11 5.26 鹅膏菌属 Amanita 10 4.78
小菇科 Mycenaceae 2 12 5.74 丝盖伞属 Inocybe 5 2.39
多孔菌科 Polyporaceae 8 14 6.70 蜡蘑属 Laccaria 5 2.39
红菇科 Russulaceae 3 23 11.00 小皮伞属 Marasmius 6 2.87
小菇属 Mycena 11 5.26
光柄菇属 Pluteus 5 2.39
红菇属 Russula 17 8.13
栓菌属 Trametes 5 2.39
关闭全屏
  • BibTeX
  • EndNote
  • RefWorks
  • TxT