VN: Health and Disease Outcomes (2023)
Author and Year:
Rees K, Al-Khudairy L, et al. 2021
PubMed ID:
Article Title:
Vegan Dietary Pattern for the Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases.
Authors:
Rees K, Al-Khudairy L, Takeda A, Stranges S
Journal:
The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Year of publication:
2021
Volume:
2
Issue:
2
Page numbers:
CD013501
Study Design:
Meta-analysis or Systematic Review
Risk of Bias Assessment Rating:
High
Inclusion Criteria:
We included studies reported as full text, those published as abstract only, and unpublished data in any language. We included adults (defined as >/=18 years of age) from the general population and those at high risk of CVD to examine primary prevention, and those with established CVD to examine secondary prevention. The intervention is dietary advice to follow a vegan dietary pattern, or provision of foods relevant to a vegan dietary pattern, or both. We considered trials where the comparison group gets no intervention, minimal intervention (e.g. leaflet with no face-to-face reinforcement) or another dietary intervention. We included studies focused solely on weight loss and intended to examine the potential confounding effects of weight loss on other CVD risk factors, but there were insufficient studies to do this. We included studies with follow-up periods of 12 weeks or more, defined as the intervention period plus post-intervention followup.
Exclusion Criteria:
Not meeting inclusion criteria.
Research Purpose:
To determine the effectiveness of following a vegan dietary pattern for the primary and secondary prevention of CVD.
Blinding efforts:
Study Location:
UK
Source(s) of Funding:
Government, University/Hospital
Please specify names of funders:
Warwick Medical School, National Institutes of Health and Care Research UK.