Plant-based dietary patterns and age-specific risk of multimorbidity of cancer and cardiometabolic diseases: a prospective analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is currently unknown whether plant-based dietary patterns influence disease progression to multimorbidity after an initial non-communicable disease, and whether the associated risk of multimorbidity varies with age. This study aimed to investigate associations of plant-based diets with the risk of multimorbidity, defined as the co-occurrence of at least two chronic diseases in an individual (either cancer at any site, cardiovascular disease, or type 2 diabetes).

Methods

This prospective cohort study used data from EPIC and UK Biobank across six European countries, with participants aged 35-70 years at recruitment. We excluded participants from these cohorts who had cancer, cardiovascular disease, or type 2 diabetes at baseline or those with missing data on diet

SUBMITTER: Cordova R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12408430 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature