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Dietary polyphenol intake in europe : The european prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC) study

Zamora-Ros, Raul ; Knaze, Viktoria ; Rothwell, Joseph A. ; Hémon, Bertrand ; Moskal, Aurelie ; Overvad, Kim ; Tjønneland, Anne ; Kyrø, Cecilie ; Fagherazzi, Guy and Boutron-Ruault, Marie Christine , et al. (2016) In European Journal of Nutrition 55(4). p.1359-1375
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Background/Objectives Polyphenols are plant secondary metabolites with a large variability in their chemical structure and dietary occurrence that have been associated with some protective effects against several chronic diseases. To date, limited data exist on intake of polyphenols in populations. The current cross-sectional analysis aimed at estimating dietary intakes of all currently known individual polyphenols and total intake per class and subclass, and to identify their main food sources in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort. Methods Dietary data at baseline were collected using a standardized 24-h dietary recall software administered to 36,037 adult subjects. Dietary data were linked with... (More)

Background/Objectives Polyphenols are plant secondary metabolites with a large variability in their chemical structure and dietary occurrence that have been associated with some protective effects against several chronic diseases. To date, limited data exist on intake of polyphenols in populations. The current cross-sectional analysis aimed at estimating dietary intakes of all currently known individual polyphenols and total intake per class and subclass, and to identify their main food sources in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort. Methods Dietary data at baseline were collected using a standardized 24-h dietary recall software administered to 36,037 adult subjects. Dietary data were linked with Phenol- Explorer, a database with data on 502 individual polyphenols in 452 foods and data on polyphenol losses due to cooking and food processing. Results Mean total polyphenol intake was the highest in Aarhus—Denmark (1786 mg/day in men and 1626 mg/day in women) and the lowest in Greece (744 mg/day in men and 584 mg/day in women). When dividing the subjects into three regions, the highest intake of total polyphenols was observed in the UK healthconscious group, followed by non-Mediterranean (non- MED) and MED countries. The main polyphenol contributors were phenolic acids (52.5–56.9 %), except in men from MED countries and in the UK health-conscious group where they were flavonoids (49.1–61.7 %). Coffee, tea, and fruits were the most important food sources of total polyphenols. A total of 437 different individual polyphenols were consumed, including 94 consumed at a level [1 mg/day. The most abundant ones were the caffeoylquinic acids and the proanthocyanidin oligomers and polymers. Conclusion This study describes the large number of dietary individual polyphenols consumed and the high variability of their intakes between European populations, particularly between MED and non-MED countries.

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Dietary intake, EPIC, Food sources, Polyphenols
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European Journal of Nutrition
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55
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17 pages
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Springer
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  • pmid:26081647
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1436-6207
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10.1007/s00394-015-0950-x
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English
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  abstract     = {{<p>Background/Objectives Polyphenols are plant secondary metabolites with a large variability in their chemical structure and dietary occurrence that have been associated with some protective effects against several chronic diseases. To date, limited data exist on intake of polyphenols in populations. The current cross-sectional analysis aimed at estimating dietary intakes of all currently known individual polyphenols and total intake per class and subclass, and to identify their main food sources in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort. Methods Dietary data at baseline were collected using a standardized 24-h dietary recall software administered to 36,037 adult subjects. Dietary data were linked with Phenol- Explorer, a database with data on 502 individual polyphenols in 452 foods and data on polyphenol losses due to cooking and food processing. Results Mean total polyphenol intake was the highest in Aarhus—Denmark (1786 mg/day in men and 1626 mg/day in women) and the lowest in Greece (744 mg/day in men and 584 mg/day in women). When dividing the subjects into three regions, the highest intake of total polyphenols was observed in the UK healthconscious group, followed by non-Mediterranean (non- MED) and MED countries. The main polyphenol contributors were phenolic acids (52.5–56.9 %), except in men from MED countries and in the UK health-conscious group where they were flavonoids (49.1–61.7 %). Coffee, tea, and fruits were the most important food sources of total polyphenols. A total of 437 different individual polyphenols were consumed, including 94 consumed at a level [1 mg/day. The most abundant ones were the caffeoylquinic acids and the proanthocyanidin oligomers and polymers. Conclusion This study describes the large number of dietary individual polyphenols consumed and the high variability of their intakes between European populations, particularly between MED and non-MED countries.</p>}},
  author       = {{Zamora-Ros, Raul and Knaze, Viktoria and Rothwell, Joseph A. and Hémon, Bertrand and Moskal, Aurelie and Overvad, Kim and Tjønneland, Anne and Kyrø, Cecilie and Fagherazzi, Guy and Boutron-Ruault, Marie Christine and Touillaud, Marina and Katzke, Verena and Kühn, Tilman and Boeing, Heiner and Förster, Jana and Trichopoulou, Antonia and Valanou, Elissavet and Peppa, Eleni and Palli, Domenico and Agnoli, Claudia and Ricceri, Fulvio and Tumino, Rosario and de Magistris, Maria Santucci and Peeters, Petra H M and Bas Bueno-De-Mesquita, H. and Engeset, Dagrun and Skeie, Guri and Hjartåker, Anette and Menéndez, Virginia and Agudo, Antonio and Molina-Montes, Esther and Huerta, José María and Barricarte, Aurelio and Amiano, Pilar and Sonestedt, Emily and Nilsson, Lena Maria and Landberg, Rikard and Key, Timothy J. and Khaw, Kay Thee and Wareham, Nicholas J. and Lu, Yunxia and Slimani, Nadia and Romieu, Isabelle and Riboli, Elio and Scalbert, Augustin}},
  issn         = {{1436-6207}},
  keywords     = {{Dietary intake; EPIC; Food sources; Polyphenols}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{06}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{1359--1375}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{European Journal of Nutrition}},
  title        = {{Dietary polyphenol intake in europe : The european prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC) study}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00394-015-0950-x}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/s00394-015-0950-x}},
  volume       = {{55}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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