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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 7, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Diets higher in plant-based foods and lower in animal-based foods are associated with lower risks for developing or dying from cardiovascular disease among middle-aged adults, according to a study published online Aug. 7 in the Journal of the American Heart Association<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Hyunju Kim, Ph.D., from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and colleagues used data from 12,168 middle-aged adults participating in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study (1987 through 2016) to evaluate participants’ diets.<\/p>\n
The researchers found that participants in the highest versus lowest quintile for adherence to overall plant-based diet index or provegetarian diet had a lower risk for cardiovascular disease (16 percent), cardiovascular disease mortality (31 percent), and all-cause mortality (18 to 25 percent) in adjusted analyses. An association was noted between higher adherence to a healthy plant-based diet index and lower risk for cardiovascular disease mortality (19 percent) and all-cause mortality (11 percent). However, there was no association with incident cardiovascular disease. There were no associations between the less healthy plant-based diet index and the outcomes of interest.<\/p>\n
“There might be some variability in terms of individual foods, but to reduce cardiovascular disease risk people should eat more vegetables, nuts, whole grains, fruits, legumes and fewer animal-based foods,” a coauthor said in a statement.<\/p>\n