Vegetarian dietary patterns and cardiovascular risk factors and disease prevention: An umbrella review of systematic reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diet significantly influences the risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD), the leading cause of death in the United States. As vegetarian dietary patterns are increasingly being included within clinical practice guidelines, there is a need to review the most recent evidence regarding if and how these dietary patterns mitigate CVD risk.

Objective

This umbrella review of systematic reviews compared the relationships between vegetarian, vegan and non-vegetarian dietary patterns and CVD health outcomes and risk factors among presumably healthy adults (≥18 years) in the general population.

Methods

MEDLINE, CINAHL, Cochrane Databases of Systematic Reviews, Food Science Source and SportsDiscus databases were searched for systematic reviews (SRs) published

SUBMITTER: Landry MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11489049 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature