The Claim

In middle-aged and elderly Swedish women, higher dietary glycemic load is associated with a 30% higher rate of heart failure hospitalization or death when comparing the highest to lowest quartile, with a relative risk of 1.30 (95% CI: 0.87–1.93, p for trend = 0.16), indicating a possible but statistically non-significant link between high-glycemic-load diets and heart failure risk in this population.

Source: Dietary Glycemic Index, Dietary Glycemic Load, and Incidence of Heart Failure Events: A Prospective Study of Middle-Aged and Elderly Women

What the research says

Supports is higher

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Supports
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Correlation
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In plain English

In older Swedish women, eating lots of foods that spike blood sugar might be linked to more heart failure hospitalizations or deaths, but the evidence isn’t strong enough to be sure.

See the scientific wording

In middle-aged and elderly Swedish women, higher dietary glycemic load is associated with a 30% higher rate of heart failure hospitalization or death when comparing the highest to lowest quartile, though this association did not reach statistical significance (RR = 1.30, 95% CI: 0.87–1.93, p for trend = 0.16), suggesting a possible but unconfirmed link between high-glycemic-load diets and heart failure risk in this population.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Dietary Glycemic Index, Dietary Glycemic Load, and Incidence of Heart Failure Events: A Prospective Study of Middle-Aged and Elderly Women

    The study looked at what Swedish women ate and how it affected their heart health over time. It found that women who ate more sugary, high-glycemic foods had about 30% more heart failure cases, but the result wasn’t strong enough to say for sure it was caused by diet — just that it might be.

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