Is there any association between rice consumption and some of the cardiovascular diseases risk factors? A systematic review

Background: white rice is considered as a staple food in most population in the world, and theremay be an association between rice intake and cardiovascular disease (cvd) risks. the presentarticle was reviewed the correlation between rice intake and cvd and some of its risk factors.methods: we searched in pubmed, google scholar, and scopus to february 2015 by usingseveral keywords such as low and high density lipoprotein, triglyceride, total cholesterol, fastingblood glucose, cvd or risks, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, obesity, lipid profile, and refinedgrains or rice and white rice. finally, 14 studies were included in our systematic review.results: there was found a positive association between white rice intake and risk factors of cvdincluding metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. furthermore, it seems that there is no anysignificant correlation between white rice consumption and incidence of cvd and its mortality.conclusion: finding from available data suggested the important roles of higher white riceconsumption on cvd risk factors.