Glycemic index, glycemic load and cardiovascular disease and mortality

From the Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto (DJAJ), and Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital Toronto (DJAJ, KS), Toronto, the Institute for Population Health Research (MD, SIB), KT, SY) and the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact (AM, SIB), McMaster University, and McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences (SR), Hamilton, ON, Faculty of Pharmacy, Laval University, University of Cardiology and Pneumology of Quebec, Quebec, QC (PP), Department of Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa (AP), and the Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON (K. Yeates) – all in Canada; the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai (VM), and St. John’s Research Institute, St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore (SS) – both in India; the International Research Center, Alemão Oswaldo Cruz Hospital, São Paulo (AA); Latin American Clinical Studies, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina (RD); the Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden (AR); University of the Frontier, Temuco, Chile (FL); the Masira Research Institute, Medical School, Universidad de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia (PL-J.); the Medical Research and Biometric Center, the Fuwai Hospital, the National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and the Beijing Union Medical College, Beijing (WL, XL); the Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey (AO); the Institute for Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine (RC); Advocate Research Institute, Advocate Health Care, Downers Grove, IL (RK); Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran (NM); the Department of Cardiac Sciences, King Fahad Cardiac Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (KFA); the Department of Physiology, University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences, Harare (JC); Hatta Hospital, Dubai Medical College, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AHY); the Department of Community Health Sciences and Medicine, Aga Khan University, Pakistan (RI); Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh, and UCSI University, Selangor (K. Yusoff), and the Department of Community Health, Kebangsaan University Malaysian Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur (NI) – both in Malaysia; the Department of Social Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland (KZ); and the School of Life Sciences, Independent University, Dhaka, Bangladesh (RY).