VN: Health and Disease Outcomes (2023)
Author and Year:
Dybvik J, Svendsen M, Aune D. 2022
PubMed ID:
Article Title:
Vegetarian and Vegan Diets and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Ischemic Heart Disease and Stroke: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies.
Authors:
Dybvik J, Svendsen M, Aune D
Journal:
European Journal of Nutrition
Year of publication:
2023
Volume:
62
Issue:
1
Page numbers:
51-69
Study Design:
Meta-analysis or Systematic Review
Risk of Bias Assessment Rating:
Low
Inclusion Criteria:
Presumably healthy individuals in the general population of all ages, sex, pregnancy status; adherence to vegetarian or vegan diet; comparator included nonvegetarian subjects; vegetarian diets were defined as diets excluding meat, poultry and seafood, regardless of whether they allowed dairy products (lacto-) or eggs (ovo-) or both (lacto-ovo-vegetarian); vegan diets were defined as diets excluding all animal products like dairy products and eggs; nonvegetarian diets were defined as diets allowing consumption of all types of animal foods like meat, poultry, seafood, dairy products, and eggs; outcomes included incidence or mortality from CVD, IHD, and stroke (overall and subtypes); study design included prospective cohort studies.
Exclusion Criteria:
Duplicate citations; studies reporting unadjusted risk estimates; studies on patient groups; non-relevant exposures like other plant-based nonvegetarian dietary patterns or diet score like Mediterranean diet, DASH diet, Plant-based Dietary Index; non-relevant outcomes (cardiovascular risk factors); not relevant study designs (intervention studies, case-control studies, cross-sectional studies, reviews, and meta-analyses).
Research Purpose:
To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies on vegetarian or vegan diets and risk of CVD, IHD and stroke.
Blinding efforts:
Not applicable
Study Location:
Not applicable
Source(s) of Funding:
Government, University/Hospital
Please specify names of funders:
University of Oslo (incl Oslo University Hospital); South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority