Red and processed meat consumption and mortality: dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine and quantify the potential dose-response relationship between red and processed meat consumption and risk of all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality.

Design

We searched MEDLINE, Embase, ISI Web of Knowledge, CINHAL, Scopus, the Cochrane library and reference lists of retrieved articles up to 30 November 2014 without language restrictions. We retrieved prospective cohort studies that reported risk estimates for all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality by red and/or processed meat intake levels. The dose-response relationships were estimated using data from red and processed meat intake categories in each study. Random-effects models were used to calculate pooled relative risks and 95 % confidence intervals and to incorporate between-study var

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10270853 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature