The Association of Fluid Intake With Total Natural-cause Mortality, Coronary Heart Disease and Fatal Stroke

<p>Hypohydration may be more widespread than realized since it does not always arouse a sense of thirst. When thirst is felt, it is often ignored, or satisfied before euhydration is achieved. There is growing evidence indicating that hypohydration contributes to acute and chronic illnesses, and to rheological factors associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke. Therefore the relationship of fluid intake with risk of total natural-cause mortality, CHD and stroke death was examined using data on 34,192 white, non-Hispanic participants in the Adventist Health Study.</p> <p>Among the 27,342 reporting no CHD, stroke or diabetes at baseline, during six years of follow-up and adjusting for traditional risk factors for CHD, RR for fatal CHD in males drinking five or more, compared to two or less, glasses of water a day, was 0.40 (95% Cl 0.24-0.67) and in females, 0.60 (95% Cl 0.34-1.07). The RR for non-fatal CHD in males consuming one or more, compared to less than one, daily glasses of water, was 0.37 (95% Cl 0.14-0.94).</p> <p>The RR of fatal CHD in females consuming five or more versus two or less, daily servings of fluids other than water was 2.99 (95% Cl 1.10-8.11). No associations were found for males.</p> <p>During 12 years of follow-up, those who reported stroke (n=246) or CHD (n=726) at baseline and drank more than five, compared to two or less, glasses of water per day, had a RR of stroke death of 0.42 (95% Cl 0.21-0.85) and 0.43 (95% Cl 0.22-0.84) respectively, after adjusting for age, sex, high blood pressure, smoking, education and BMI. No associations with stroke death could be found among those who reported no prevalent disease at baseline or with fluids other than water or total fluid intake.</p> <p>Total natural-cause mortality showed similar directions in associations with water and fluids other than water, in the age- and sex- adjusted model in males without disease, and males and females with disease.</p> <p>This study suggests that increasing water intake and decreasing intake of fluids other than water, is associated with decreased risk of CHD, fatal stroke and possibly total natural-cause mortality.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Public Health (DrPH)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Year

1999

Author dc:creator

• Chan, Jacqueline Chung Lun

Contributors dc:contributor

• Glen G. Blix
• Synnove M. F. Knutsen
• Jerry W. Lee
• Kenneth Burke

• Cardiovascular Diseases
• Clinical Epidemiology
• Preventive Medicine
• Public Health Education and Promotion
• Vital and Health Statistics
• Coronary Disease; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Fluid Therapy; Dehydration.

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• This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/1453

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarsrepository.llu.edu:etd-2225