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. 2017 Dec 13;9(12):1355. doi: 10.3390/nu9121355

Table 2.

Estimated absolute gain in health impact attributable to first incident stroke in the Swedish population aged 55–79 years in 2013, by increasing the nut consumption from current average of 5 g/day to a scenario where everyone consumes 30 g/day.

Current Average Intake (5 g/Day) At 30 g Nuts/Day 2 Gain
I No of Cases 1 YLL YLD 3 DALYs YLL YLD 3 DALYs Prevented Cases YLL YLD 3 DALYs
Women
55–59 121 346 5834 886 6719 3150 478 3629 159 2684 407 3091
60–64 194 561 7288 1326 8614 3935 716 4652 258 3352 610 3962
65–69 320 968 9025 2227 11,252 4874 1203 6076 445 4152 1024 5176
70–74 542 1211 9531 2162 11,693 5147 1168 6314 557 4384 995 5379
75–79 906 1554 9453 1990 11,444 5105 1075 6180 715 4348 916 5264
All ages 364 4640 41,131 8591 49,722 22,211 4639 26,850 2134 18,920 3952 22,872
Men
55–59 225 651 11,008 1228 12,236 5944 663 6607 299 5064 565 5629
60–64 378 1089 13,519 2053 15,572 7300 1108 8409 501 6219 944 7163
65–69 545 1619 12,590 3393 15,983 6799 1832 8631 745 5791 1561 7352
70–74 864 1832 11,763 2972 14,736 6352 1605 7957 843 5411 1367 6778
75–79 1291 1887 9140 2202 11,342 4935 1189 6125 868 4204 1013 5217
All ages 1291 7078 58,020 11,849 69,869 31,331 6398 37,729 3256 26,689 5450 32,140
Total 467 11,718 99,151 20,440 119,591 53,542 11,037 64,579 5390 45,609 9402 55,012

Abbreviations: I, incidence; YLL, years of life lost; YLD, years lost to disability; DALYs, disability-adjusted life years. 1 Number of stroke cases in 2013. 2 Based on a reduced risk of HR 0.54 by increased consumption of walnuts, hazelnuts, and almonds [6] in a scenario where everyone in the population consumes 30 g/day. 3 Disability weight 0.266 [18].