Cross-sectional associations between healthy and unhealthy plant-based diets and metabolic syndrome in three distinct French populations: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: Prior studies have shown that plant-based diets are associated with lower cardiovascular risk. However, these diets encompass a large diversity of foods with contrasted nutritional quality that may differentially impact health. We aimed to investigate the pooled cross-sectional association between metabolic syndrome (MetS), its components and healthy and unhealthy plant-based diet indices (hPDI and uPDI), using data from two French cohorts and one representative study from the French population. This study included 16 358 participants from the NutriNet-Santé study, 1769 participants from the Esteban study and 1565 participants from the STANISLAS study who underwent a clinical visit. The MetS was defined according to the International Diabetes Federation definition. The associations between

SUBMITTER: Prioux C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12198348 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature