HFCS, Apple Juice, Excess Free Fructose & asthma-the FHS-OS
Completed
- Conditions
- Asthma
- Registration Number
- NCT03189251
- Lead Sponsor
- Luanne R DeChristopher
- Brief Summary
Perform an exploratory analysis of association between consumption of high excess free fructose (EFF) beverages (high fructose corn syrup sweetened soft drinks, fruit drinks, apple juice) and Chronic Bronchitis (CB)/history of CB, and asthma/ history of asthma.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 2657
Inclusion Criteria
- Participants in the FHS Offspring who answered questions in the FFQ about soft drinks, fruit drinks and fruit juice consumption; Participants with non-missing data for the exposures and potentially confounding variables of interest.
Exclusion Criteria
- Extreme energy intake on food frequency questionnaire (defined as ≤600 kcal/day or ≥4800 kcal/day)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Asthma Exams 3 - 7, 17 years of follow-up Incident asthma defined as self-reported asthma (at each exam), including wheezing or asthma (have you had asthma/ wheeze since the last exam of short duration, long duration or with respiratory infections)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method