Relationship of carotid intima-media thickness and duration of vegetarian diet in Chinese male vegetarians.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Many studies have shown that vegetarian diet has beneficial effects on the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. However, the effect of vegetarian diet on carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), as well as the association between IMT and duration of vegetarian diet, are still unclear. The present study aims to investigate the influence of duration of vegetarian diet on cardiovascular risk factors, and more importantly on IMT among Chinese vegetarians.

Methods

One hundred and seventy-one Chinese male vegetarians were screened for metabolic profile, cardiovascular risk and carotid IMT. They were compared with 129 age-matched omnivores recruited from a community-based health project. The effects of confounding factors were adjusted by stepwise logistic regression analy

SUBMITTER: Yang SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3184257 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature