Cohort Profile: The Cohort of Universities of Minas Gerais (CUME)

Domingos, Ana Luíza Gomes; Miranda, Aline Elizabeth da Silva; Pimenta, Adriano Marçal; Hermsdorff, Helen Hermana Miranda; Oliveira, Fernando Luiz Pereira de; Santos, Luana Caroline dos; Lopes, Aline Cristine Souza; González, Miguel Ángel Martínez; Bressan, Josefina

doi:10.1093/ije/dyy152

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“…The profile of the participants in this study was previously described by Gomes-Domingos et al (25). It is a group made up predominantly of graduates from undergraduate and graduate courses at public universities in the state of Minas Gerais and residents of all Brazilian states and the federal district.…”

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“…The objective of the cohort is to assess the impact of specific food groups, nutrients, and dietary factors, and the nutritional transition on non-communicable diseases (NCD). The design, dissemination strategies employed, and project baseline profile have already been detailed in a previous publication (25). The CUME project was approved by the Human Research Ethics Committees of Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV) and Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) (Protocol No.…”

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Dietary Selenium Intake and Type-2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study on CUME Project

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Background and Aim: Previous studies have suggested that the specific association between selenium (Se) and diabetes remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the association between dietary Se and type-2 diabetes (T2D) in the Brazilian cohort [Cohort of Universities of Minas Gerais (CUME)].Methods and Results: This cross-sectional study was conducted with a large sample comprising 4,106 participants of the CUME project, a concurrent open cohort restricted to a highly educated population group, composed of graduates of federal institutions of higher education located in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Data on socioeconomic and dietary characteristics, as well as anthropometric measures, were collected from each subject for analysis. The sample was classified into energy-adjusted tertiles of dietary Se intake (μg/day). Differences in the continuous data were evaluated by the Kruskal–Wallis H-test (abnormal data), and the χ2-test assessed differences in qualitative data. As there was no relationship between T2D and Se intake in the bivariate analysis, multivariate analysis was not performed. The prevalence of T2D in the studied population was 2.8%. The mean age was 36 years. Regarding gender, 1,209 are males and 2,807 are females. Among females, the mean Se intake was 165.12 μg/day and the mean intake was 157.4 μg/day. Among males, it was 168.4 μg/day. Significant differences were observed across all Se intake tertiles in terms of age, gender, activity level, alcohol intake, energy intake, sugar, carbohydrates, lipids, fiber, and energy-adjusted meat intake. However, no significant differences were observed across all Se intake tertiles in terms of BMI, smoking status, and T2D. The results indicated that there was no significant association between dietary Se intake and the prevalence of T2D.Conclusion: Dietary Se intake was not associated with the prevalence of T2D, despite the high intake of this micronutrient in the sample. These results contradict studies that identified the association between Se intake and T2D, with values of Se intake much lower than those observed in this study. Thus, this relationship seems to remain controversial.

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Dietary Selenium Intake and Type-2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study on CUME Project

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“…The CUME project is a concurrent open cohort whose objective is to evaluate the impact of the Brazilian dietary pattern and the nutritional transition on NCD in adults ≥18 years old, graduates and postgraduates at the Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), or the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)—institutions located in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The objective of CUME was to assess the impact of Brazilian dietary pattern and nutrition transition on the occurrence of NCD among graduates and postgraduates of federal higher education institutions located in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil [15].…”

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Dietary Folate Intake Is Negatively Associated with Excess Body Weight in Brazilian Graduates and Postgraduates (CUME Project)

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Folate, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12 intake can be important regulators for obesity development. Thus, we investigated the possible association between the intake of these vitamins and the excess body weight or obesity prevalence in the participants of the Cohort of Universities in Minas Gerais (CUME project). This study analyzed cross-sectional data of 2695 graduates and postgraduates from universities in the state of Minas Gerais (801 men, 1894 women, ages 36.2 ± 9.4). The first step consisted of collecting data online, and the second step consisted of blood collecting in the subsample living in the city of Viçosa and its region (Minas Gerais). Excess body weight and obesity prevalence were 38.1% and 10.1%, respectively. Inadequate intake of folate, B6, and B12 were 12, 6.3, and 11.1%, respectively. Beans/lentils and French bread presented the highest contribution to folate intake (23.45% and 10.01%, respectively). Those individuals in the third tertile for folate intake (≥511.12 μg/d) had a lower excess body weight [prevalence ratio (PR): 0.79, confidence interval (CI): 0.71–0.8] and obesity prevalence (PR: 0.60, CI: 0.45–0.78). These associations were maintained when the sample was categorized by sex. In addition, serum folate was positively associated with dietary folate (p for trend = 0.032) and negatively associated with serum homocysteine (p for trend = 0.003) in the subsample. Dietary folate intake was negatively associated with excess body weight and obesity in CUME participants, indicating the relevance of this vitamin dietary assessment.

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“…The project design, dissemination strategies and baseline first participants' profile were detailed in a previous publication (15) .…”

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Food processing and risk of hypertension: Cohort of Universities of Minas Gerais, Brazil (CUME Project)

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Miranda

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Objective: To analyse the association between food consumption according to the degree of processing and incidence of hypertension in CUME project participants. Design: Longitudinal study in which food consumption was evaluated according to the percentage contribution of daily energetic intake (%/d) of each NOVA classification group (unprocessed/minimally processed foods and culinary preparations (U/MPF&CP); processed foods and ultra-processed foods (UPF)). Hypertension was defined according to American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) criteria. Adjusted relative risks (RR) and their 95% confidence intervals (95 % CI) were estimated by Poisson regression models with robust variances. Setting: Brazil. Participants: 1221 graduates classified as non-hypertensive at baseline and monitored for 2 years. Results: Daily energetic percentage from each group according to degree of processing was 64·3 (sd 12) % for U/MPF&CP; 9·9 (sd 5·8) % for processed foods and 25·8 (sd 11) % for UPF. Incidence of hypertension was high (152/1000 person-years; n 113, 193/1000 person-years in males and n 257, 138/1000 person-years in females). After adjusting for potential confounders, participants in the upper quintile of daily energetic intake of U/MPF&CP presented a reduced risk of hypertension (RR: 0·72; 95 % CI 0·52, 0·98), while those in the upper quintile of daily energetic intake of UPF presented an increased risk of the outcome (RR: 1·35; 95 % CI 1·01, 1·81). Conclusions: In this prospective cohort of Brazilian middle-aged adult university graduates, the highest consumptions of U/MPF&CP and UPF were associated with, respectively, reduced and increased risk of hypertension. Additional longitudinal studies are needed to confirm our results.

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Cohort Profile: The Cohort of Universities of Minas Gerais (CUME)

Cited by 25 publications

References 15 publications

Dietary Selenium Intake and Type-2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study on CUME Project

Dietary Selenium Intake and Type-2 Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study on CUME Project

Dietary Folate Intake Is Negatively Associated with Excess Body Weight in Brazilian Graduates and Postgraduates (CUME Project)

Food processing and risk of hypertension: Cohort of Universities of Minas Gerais, Brazil (CUME Project)

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