Vegetarian diet and incidence of total, ischemic, and hemorrhagic stroke in 2 cohorts in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To determine how a vegetarian diet affects stroke incidence in 2 prospective cohorts and to explore whether the association is modified by dietary vitamin B12 intake. METHODS:Participants without stroke in the Tzu Chi Health Study (cohort 1, n = 5,050, recruited in 2007-2009) and the Tzu Chi Vegetarian Study (cohort 2, n = 8,302, recruited in 2005) were followed until the end of 2014. Diet was assessed through food frequency questionnaires in both cohorts at baseline. Stroke events and baseline comorbidities were identified through the National Health Insurance Research Database. A subgroup of 1,528 participants in cohort 1 were assessed for serum homocysteine, vitamin B12, and folate. Associations between vegetarian diet and stroke incidences were estimated by Cox regression wit

SUBMITTER: Chiu THT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7220235 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature