Fruit and vegetable consumption and its contribution to inequalities in life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy in ten European countries

Baars, Adája EErasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (author)

OBJECTIVES: To assess to what extent educational differences in total life expectancy (TLE) and disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) could be reduced by improving fruit and vegetable consumption in ten European countries.METHODS: Data from national census or registries with mortality follow-up, EU-SILC, and ESS were used in two scenarios to calculate the impact: the upward levelling scenario (exposure in low educated equals exposure in high educated) and the elimination scenario (no exposure in both groups). Results are estimated for men and women between ages 35 and 79 years.RESULTS: Varying by country, upward levelling reduced inequalities in DFLE by 0.1-1.1 years (1-10%) in males, and by 0.0-1.3 years (0-18%) in females. Eliminating exposure reduced inequalities in DFLE between 0.6 and 1.7 years for males (6-15%), and between 0.1 years and 1.8 years for females (3-20%).CONCLUSIONS: Upward levelling of fruit and vegetable consumption would have a small, positive effect on both TLE and DFLE, and could potentially reduce inequalities in TLE and DFLE.

Rubio-Valverde, Jose RErasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (author)
Hu, YannanErasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (author)
Bopp, MatthiasUniversity of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland (author)
Brønnum-Hansen, HenrikUniversity of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark (author)
Kalediene, RamuneLithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania (author)
Leinsalu, Mall,1958-Södertörns högskola,Sociologi,SCOHOST (Stockholm Centre for Health and Social Change),National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia(Swepub:sh)SH99MLLU (author)
Martikainen, PekkaUniversity of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland (author)
Regidor, EnriqueUniversidad Complutense de Madrid, and CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain (author)
White, ChrisOffice for National Statistics, London, United Kingdom (author)
Wojtyniak, BogdanNational Institute of Public Health, Warsaw, Poland (author)
Mackenbach, Johan PErasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (author)
Nusselder, Wilma JErasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (author)
Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsUniversity of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland (creator_code:org_t)

In:International Journal of Public Health: Springer64:6, s. 861-8721661-85561661-8564

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