title: Association Between Carbohydrate Nutrition and Successful Aging Over 10 Years.
abstract: We prospectively examined the relationship between dietary glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load (GL), carbohydrate, sugars, and fiber intake (including fruits, vegetable of breads/cereals fiber) with successful aging (determined through a multidomain approach).
  
  
  
  A total of 1,609 adults aged 49 years and older who were free of cancer, coronary artery disease, and stroke at baseline were followed for 10 years. Dietary data were collected using a semiquantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire. Successful aging status was determined through interviewer-administered questionnaire at each visit and was defined as the absence of disability, depressive symptoms, cognitive impairment, respiratory symptoms, and chronic diseases (eg, cancer and coronary artery disease).
  
  
  
  In all, 249 (15.5%) participants had aged successfully 10 years later. Dietary GI, GL, and carbohydrate intake were not significantly associated with successful aging. However, participants in the highest versus lowest (reference group) quartile of total fiber intake had greater odds of aging successfully than suboptimal aging, multivariable-adjusted odds ratio (OR), 1.79 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.13-2.84). Those who remained consistently below the median in consumption of fiber from breads/cereal and fruit compared with the rest of cohort were less likely to age successfully, OR 0.53 (95% CI 0.34-0.84) and OR 0.64 (95% CI 0.44-0.95), respectively.
  
  
  
  Consumption of dietary fiber from breads/cereals and fruits independently influenced the likelihood of aging successfully over 10 years. These findings suggest that increasing intake of fiber-rich foods could be a successful strategy in reaching old age disease free and fully functional.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, and The Westmead Institute for Medical Research and bamini.gopinath@sydney.edu.au.
authors.forename: Bamini
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gopinath
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia. St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Victoria M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Flood
authors.affiliation: Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, and The Westmead Institute for Medical Research and.
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kifley
authors.affiliation: School of Molecular Bioscience, Faculty of Sciences, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2145, Australia.
authors.forename: Jimmy C Y
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Louie
authors.affiliation: Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology, and The Westmead Institute for Medical Research and.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D038321:Glycemic Index; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends; D009517:New South Wales / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates
keywords: Blue Mountains Eye Study; Carbohydrate; Fiber; Glycemic index; Successful aging