TY - JOUR T1 - A higher overall diet quality is inversely associated with the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in men and women JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 36 LP - 36 DO - 10.1136/ebmed-2015-110193 VL - 21 IS - 1 AU - Rania A Mekary Y1 - 2016/02/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/21/1/36.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Varraso R, Chiuve SE, Fung TT, et al. Alternate Healthy Eating Index 2010 and risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among US women and men: prospective study. BMJ 2015;350:h286.Cigarette smoking has been identified as the major risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); nevertheless, many patients with COPD have never smoked, which suggests the involvement of other modifiable risk factors such as diet. While some studies have revealed an inverse relationship between a prudent dietary pattern and COPD risk and a direct association between a Western dietary pattern and COPD risk in both men1 and women,2 the role of overall dietary quality as reflected by the Alternate Healthy Eating Index 2010 (AHEI-2010, a measure of overall diet quality) and COPD risk remains unknown. This study examines the association between AHEI-2010 and COPD risk among US men and women.This was a … ER -