Journal
FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION
Volume 6, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2019.00080
Keywords
vegetarian dietary patterns; vegetarian diets; cardiovascular disease; prospective cohort studies; systematic review; meta-analysis; GRADE
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- Diabetes and Nutrition Study Group (DNSG) of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research through the Canada-wide Human Nutrition Trialists' Network (NTN) [129920]
- Diet, Digestive tract, and Disease (3-D) Center through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
- Ministry of Research and Innovation's Ontario Research Fund (ORF)
- Government of Canada through the Canada Research Chair Endowment
- PSI Graham Farquharson Knowledge Translation Fellowship
- Diabetes Canada Clinician Scientist award [CS-5-15-4771-JS]
- CIHR INMD/CNS New Investigator Partnership Prize
- Banting & Best Diabetes Center Sun Life Financial New Investigator Award
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Background: Vegetarian dietary patterns are recommended for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention and management due to their favorable effects on cardiometabolic risk factors, however, the role of vegetarian dietary patterns in CVD incidence and mortality remains unclear. Objective: To update the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) clinical practice guidelines for nutrition therapy, we undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis of the association of vegetarian dietary patterns with major cardiovascular outcomes in prospective cohort studies that included individuals with and without diabetes using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach. Methods: MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases were searched through September 6th, 2018. We included prospective cohort studies >= 1 year of follow-up including individuals with or without diabetes reporting the relation of vegetarian and non-vegetarian dietary patterns with at least one cardiovascular outcome. Two independent reviewers extracted data and assessed study quality (Newcastle-Ottawa Scale). The pre-specified outcomes included CVD incidence and mortality (total CVD, coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke). Risk ratios for associations were pooled using inverse variance random effects model and expressed as risk ratios (RRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Heterogeneity was assessed (Cochran Q-statistic) and quantified (I-2-statistic). The overall certainty of the evidence was assessed using GRADE. Results: Seven prospective cohort studies (197,737 participants, 8,430 events) were included. A vegetarian dietary pattern was associated with reduced CHD mortality [RR, 0.78 (CI, 0.69, 0.88)] and incidence [0.72 (0.61, 0.85)] but were not associated with CVD mortality [0.92 (0.84, 1.02)] and stroke mortality [0.92 (0.77, 1.10)]. The overall certainty of the evidence was graded as very low for all outcomes, owing to downgrades for indirectness and imprecision. Conclusions: Very low-quality evidence indicates that vegetarian dietary patterns are associated with reductions in CHD mortality and incidence but not with CVD and stroke mortality in individuals with and without diabetes. More research, particularly in different populations, is needed to improve the certainty in our estimates.
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