Carbohydrate intakes were expressed as a percentage of total energy intake, except for fibre which was expressed in grams per day , and each were categorised into quartiles. The baseline characteristics of participants were described by highest and lowest quartiles of total carbohydrate, free sugar, and fibre intakes.
We estimated participant survival time from age at last completed 24-h dietary assessment until age at last follow-up, first diagnosis of CVD outcome, loss to follow-up or death, whichever occurred first. The minimally adjusted model was stratified by age at recruitment and sex, and adjusted for recruitment region .
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