VN: Health and Disease Outcomes (2023)
Author and Year:
Jabri A, Kumar A, Verghese E, et al. 2021
PubMed ID:
Article Title:
Meta-analysis of Effect of Vegetarian Diet on Ischemic Heart Disease and All-Cause Mortality.
Authors:
Jabri A, Kumar A, Verghese E, Alameh A, Kumar A, Khan M, Khan S, Michos E, Kapadia S, Reed G, Kalra A
Journal:
American Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Year of publication:
2021
Volume:
7
Issue:
Page numbers:
100182
Study Design:
Meta-analysis or Systematic Review
Risk of Bias Assessment Rating:
Critically low
Inclusion Criteria:
Randomized controlled trials; prospective observational studies; comparing vegetarian (excluding meat, peso, semi-vergetarian) vs non-vegetarian diets in adults; reporting all-cause mortality
Exclusion Criteria:
cross-sectional studies; studies with undesired interventions; studies with outcomes other than all-cause mortality;
studies with vegan diet forming more than 5% of the vegetarian cohort studies with more than 5% pesco or semi-vegetarian diets.
Research Purpose:
to perform a meta-analysis of observational studies reporting mortality outcomes comparing a vegetarian diet with a non-vegetarian cohort
Blinding efforts:
Study Location:
Source(s) of Funding:
Not-for-profit
Please specify names of funders:
Makeadent.org's Ram and Sanjita Kalra Aavishqaar Fund at Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Department at Cleveland Clinic Akron General