Recently, there is growing interest in studying the dietary patterns that affect the risk of circulatory system diseases (CSDs). We investigated the relationship between CSDs and dietary patterns through a follow-up study in Korea (2001-2016). The participants of this study were obtained from the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study (KoGES). This study was a large community-based cohort study (the Ansan-Ansung areas) conducted to assess the effects of various factors, especially diet, on the onset of chronic diseases among the Korean population aged 40-69 yrs. Baseline data were collected from 2001 to 2002, and follow-up studies were performed every 2 yrs, with over 7 follow-up studies performed (2015-2016). Three dietary patterns were identified using factor analysis: “vegetable and seafood (men)/soup and stew (women)” pattern, “sweet foods and breads-rice cake” pattern, and “multigrain rice and cooked white rice” pattern. None of the dietary patterns were significantly associated with the risk of CSDs in either men or women. Our follow-up study is meaningful as it investigated whether the dietary patterns of individuals according to sex affects the development of CSDs.

Abstract
I. Introduction
II. Materials and Methods
    1. Participants and study design
    2. Baseline general characteristics and anthropometricand biochemical measurements
    3. Follow-up and incidence of CSDs
    4. Dietary assessment
    5. Dietary patterns
    6. Statistical analysis
III. Results and Discussion
    1. Three dietary patterns for adult men and women
    2. Baseline characteristics and nutrient intakes ofparticipants by tertile categories of dietary pattern scores
    3. Association of dietary pattern with CSDs incident riskThe hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI)
IV. Summary and Conclusion
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• Kyoung Yun Kim(Department of Food and Nutrition, Chonnam National University)
• Jung-Mi Yun(Department of Food and Nutrition, Chonnam National University) Corresponding author