Association of Animal and Plant Protein Intake With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in a Japanese Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Epidemiological evidence regarding the long-term effects of higher dietary protein intake on mortality outcomes in the general population is not clear.

Objective

To evaluate the associations between animal and plant protein intake and all-cause and cause-specific mortality.

Design, setting, and participants

This prospective cohort study included 70 696 participants in the Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Cohort who were aged 45 to 74 years and had no history of cancer, cerebrovascular disease, or ischemic heart disease at study baseline. Data were collected from January 1, 1995, through December 31, 1999, with follow-up completed December 31, 2016, during which 12 381 total deaths were documented. Dietary intake information was collected through

SUBMITTER: Budhathoki S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6714005 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature