Reported organic food consumption and metabolic syndrome in older adults: cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses

PurposeExamine cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between organic food consumption, metabolic syndrome (MetS), and its components among older adults.MethodsRespondents of the 2012 Health and Retirement Study (HRS), and Health Care and Nutrition Study (HCNS) were included in this study. Organic food consumption was measured with a crude binary question asking about past-year consumption (yes/no). Cross-sectional analyses were...