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ReviewTrends in cardiovascular medicine2018

Plant-based diets and cardiovascular health.

Ambika Satija, Frank B Hu

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Review in Trends in cardiovascular medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 256 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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256citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
25.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

256 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 498 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ambika SatijaDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Avenue, Building II 3rd Floor, Boston, MA.
Frank B HuDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Avenue, Building II 3rd Floor, Boston, MA; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA. Electronic address: frank.hu@channing.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · US

Funding

DIETARY PATTERNS AND RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASER01HL060712 · NHLBI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI HU, FRANK B, QI, QIBIN · 1998 to 2021
$8.0M
Mediterranean diet, Metabolites, and Cardiovascular DiseaseR01HL118264 · NHLBI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI HU, FRANK B, LAMUELA-RAVENTÓS, ROSA · 2013 to 2025
$6.8M
Dietary Patterns, Diet Quality + Cancer RiskR01CA095589 · NCI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI HU, FRANK B · 2003 to 2012
$2.7M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA095589NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL060712NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL118264
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plant-based diets, defined in terms of low frequency of animal food consumption, have been increasingly recommended for their health benefits. Numerous studies have found plant-based diets, especially when rich in high quality plant foods such as whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and nuts, to be associated with lower risk of cardiovascular outcomes and intermediate risk factors. This review summarizes the current evidence base examining the associations of plant-based diets with cardiovascular endpoints, and discusses the potential biological mechanisms underlying their health effects, practical recommendations and applications of this research, and directions for future research. Healthful plant-based diets should be recommended as an environmentally sustainable dietary option for improved cardiovascular health.

Indexed as

Diet, HealthyDiet, VegetarianRisk Reduction BehaviorAnimalsCardiovascular DiseasesHumansNutritional StatusNutritive ValueProtective FactorsRisk Factorscardiovascular diseasenutritional epidemiologyplant-based dietsplant foodsVegetarian diet

Identifiers

PMID29496410
PMCPMC6089671
OpenAlexW2790192129

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