Vegetarianism, coronary disease risk factors and coronary heart disease.
Recent studies of vegetarians confirm a lower risk of fatal heart disease amongst such subjects. Lipid levels are lower in vegetarians, even when the diet of comparable meat-eaters is low in fat. This may partly explain the lower mortality, but it is not clear whether the absence of meat or some other aspect of the vegetarian diet is causal in this relationship.
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Health Promotion Sciences Unit, Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
D015331:Cohort Studies; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014676:Diet, Vegetarian; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D012307:Risk Factors
D008055:Lipids