Time trend mortality at Egyptian major non-communicable diseases in relation to age, garlic and onion consumption

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Background: The relationship between Garlic and Onion consumption and mortality with effect on health policy has been studied to assess the protective effect of Garlic and Onion consumption on major Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal diseases and cancer.

Objective: To study the effect of Garlic and Onion consumption on NCDs in relation to age group [0-18 years] and gender.

Methodology: It is a cross-sectional descriptive secondary data study obtained from Central Agency for Public Mobilization & Statistics, and Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture along the years from 2009 to 2015.

Statistical Analysis was done by EpiInf 7, CDC 2016.

Results: Results indicated that the amounts of garlic and onion consumption per year showed significant relation effects on the prevention of the major non-communicable diseases.

The leading cause of mortality among Egyptians are: 66.37%, 14.16%, 10.96%, and 8.52% of the major NCDs (CVDs, digestive diseases, respiratory diseases, and cancer), respectively.

Multiple regression analysis for the studied predictors garlic intake and onion intake [kgm/year and gm/days] show multiple R = 0.467 for CVDs (P= 0.014).

The most important predictor is in this model, beta = - 0.467 (P = 0.014) for garlic and onion intake in Kgm/year.

Conclusion: The consumption of Garlic and Onion has role for prevention of these major noncommunicable diseases.

Recommendation: It is recommended to encourage increased consumption of Garlic and Onion for prevention of these major non-communicable diseases.