Risks of ischaemic heart disease and stroke in meat eaters, fish eaters, and vegetarians over 18 years of follow-up: results from the prospective EPIC-Oxford study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the associations of vegetarianism with risks of ischaemic heart disease and stroke.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

The EPIC-Oxford study, a cohort in the United Kingdom with a large proportion of non-meat eaters, recruited across the country between 1993 and 2001.

Participants

48 188 participants with no history of ischaemic heart disease, stroke, or angina (or cardiovascular disease) were classified into three distinct diet groups: meat eaters (participants who consumed meat, regardless of whether they consumed fish, dairy, or eggs; n=24 428), fish eaters (consumed fish but no meat; n=7506), and vegetarians including vegans (n=16 254), based on dietary information collected at baseline, and subsequently around 2010 (n=28 364).

SUBMITTER: Tong TYN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6724406 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature