ArticlePublic health nutrition2023
Degree of adherence to plant-based diet and total and cause-specific mortality: prospective cohort study in the Million Veteran Program.
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine the association between adherence to plant-based diets and mortality.
designProspective study. We calculated a plant-based diet index (PDI) by assigning positive scores to plant foods and reverse scores to animal foods. We also created a healthful PDI (hPDI) and an unhealthful PDI (uPDI) by further separating the healthy plant foods from less-healthy plant foods.
settingThe VA Million Veteran Program.
participants315 919 men and women aged 19-104 years who completed a FFQ at the baseline.
resultsWe documented 31 136 deaths during the follow-up. A higher PDI was significantly associated with lower total mortality (hazard ratio (HR) comparing extreme deciles = 0·75, 95 % CI: 0·71, 0·79,
conclusionsA greater adherence to a plant-based diet was associated with substantially lower total mortality in this large population of veterans. These findings support recommending plant-rich dietary patterns for the prevention of major chronic diseases.
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