RISK OF DEATH FROM CANCER AND ISCHEMIC-HEART-DISEASE IN MEAT AND NONMEAT EATERS
RISK OF DEATH FROM CANCER AND ISCHEMIC-HEART-DISEASE IN MEAT AND NONMEAT EATERS
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DOI:
10.1136/bmj.308.6945.1667
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发表时间:
1994-06-25
影响因子:
105.7
通讯作者:
MCPHERSON, K
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作者:
THOROGOOD, M;MANN, J;MCPHERSON, K
Objective-To investigate the consequences of a vegetarian diet by examining the 12 year mortality of non-meat eaters and meat eating controls.Design-Prospective observational study in which members of the non-meat eating cohort were asked to nominate friends or relatives as controls.Setting-United Kingdom.Subjects-6115 non-meat eaters identified through the Vegetarian Society of the United Kingdom and the news media (mean (SD) age 38.7 (16.8) years) and 5015 controls who were meat eaters (39.3 (15.4) years).Main outcome measures-Standardised mortality ratios for cancer, ischaemic heart disease, and total mortality in the two cohorts and death rate ratio in the non-meat eaters compared with meat eaters after adjustment for potentially confounding variables.Results-Standardised mortality ratios (taking the value among the general population as 100) for ischaemic heart disease were 51 (95% confidence interval 38 to 66) for meat eaters and 28 (20 to 38) for non-meat eaters (P