Voedingsadvies El MondoResearch Question:
An association between red meat consumption and overall mortality and is mentioned in several epidemiological studies. However, there are many controversial messages on the link between meat consumption and dying from heart disease. It was therefore carried out this review article.
Red meat consumption and increases the chance of getting heart disease?
Study Design:
This overview article contained 13 cohort studies with 1674272 participants.
Results and conclusions:
The researchers found that a high modified meat consumption compared to a low, the chance of getting all-cause mortality increased significantly by 22%.
The researchers found that a high modified meat consumption compared to a low, the chance of dying from heart disease by 18% increased significantly.
The researchers found that a high red meat consumption compared to a low, the chance of dying from heart disease by 16% increased significantly.
The researchers found no relationship between total meat consumption and the risk of dying from heart disease.
The researchers found no link between white meat consumption and the risk of dying from heart disease.
The researchers found a positive relationship between 50 grams of processed meat per day and the chances of dying from heart disease.
The researchers found a positive relationship between 100 grams of red meat per day and the chances of dying from heart disease.
The researchers concluded that red meat consumption and the risk of a high modified die from heart disease increased. However, these results should be interpreted cautiously due to the high observed heterogeneity in most analyses and the possibility of residual counfouding.
Original title:
Association between total, processed, red and white meat consumption and all-cause mortality: a meta-IHD, CVD and analysis of cohort studies by Abetea I, Romagueraa D, [...] Norata T.
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