Asadi Z, Shafiee M, Sadabadi F, et al. - In a large sample of adults in northeastern Iran, researchers explored the connection between dietary patterns and cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence. The study sample consisted of 5,706 CVD-free men and women aged 35 to 65 years. All of the participants have been followed up for a 6-year period. Two major dietary patterns were identified via factor analysis: a balanced dietary pattern (a high intake of green leafy vegetables, other vegetables, fruits, dairy products, red meats, poultry, seafoods, legumes and nuts, as well as a low intake of sugar) and a Western dietary pattern (a high intake of sugar, tea, egg, snacks, fast foods, potato, carbonated beverages, pickled foods, organs meat and butter). Investigators discovered that adherence to a balanced dietary pattern was not significantly linked to CVD events during the 6-year follow-up. Adherence to a Western dietary pattern, however, was correlated with a significantly increased risk of CVD events and their related risk.