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Associations between plant-based dietary patterns and risks of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and mortality - a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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105 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 155 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Acceptability and impact on health-related markers of a sustainable dietary pattern: results from a pilot randomized controlled cross-over study.European journal of nutrition · 2026Trial
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- The Portfolio Diet and HbA1c in Adults Living with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Patient-Level Pooled Analysis of Two Randomized Dietary Trials.Nutrients · 2024Trial
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- Plant-based diets, stroke, and heart outcomes: a prospective study of the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke Cohort.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2026Article
- Plant-Based Nutrition and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Prevention, Risk, Metabolic Health and the Role of Legumes, Dietary Fiber, and Red Meat.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Dietary Quality Along a Plant-Based Continuum: The Role of Added Salt, Oil, and Sugar in Chronic Disease Risk.Nutrients · 2026Review
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- Differential associations of dietary patterns with estimated 10-year cardiovascular risk in diabetes subtypes.Scientific reports · 2026Observational
- Development of a blueprint for plant-derived hospital meals: a multidisciplinary co-creative study.European journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- Association of Dietary Animal and Plant Protein Composition with All-Cause Mortality: 24-Year Population-Based Cohort Study.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Plant-based diet quality and gut microbiota in relation to cardiometabolic risk in Korean adults.European journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- Association between the lifelines diet score and the odds of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus in Iranian adults: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The moderating role of central adiposity, sex and age, on the association between animal- and plant-based protein intake and the 20-year cumulative incidence of type 2 diabetes: the ATTICA cohort study (2002-2022).European journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- Plant-based diet quality and risk of age-related eye diseases: evidence from multi-cohorts with multi-omics insights.NPJ science of food · 2026Article
- Perceptions, Knowledge and Culinary Use of Legumes in Australia: A Convenience Sample Analysis.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2026Article
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundPlant-based dietary patterns are gaining more attention due to their potential in reducing the risk of developing major chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes (T2D), cardiovascular disease (CVD), cancer, and mortality, while an up-to-date comprehensive quantitative review is lacking. This study aimed to summarize the existing prospective observational evidence on associations between adherence to plant-based dietary patterns and chronic disease outcomes.
methodsWe conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence across prospective observational studies. The data sources used were PubMed and MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, and screening of references. We included all prospective observational studies that evaluated the association between adherence to plant-based dietary patterns and incidence of T2D, CVD, cancer, and mortality among adults (≥ 18 years).
resultsA total of 76 publications were identified, including 2,230,443 participants with 60,718 cases of incident T2D, 157,335 CVD cases, 57,759 cancer cases, and 174,435 deaths. An inverse association was observed between higher adherence to a plant-based dietary pattern and risks of T2D (RR, 0.82 [95% CI: 0.77-0.86]), CVD (0.90 [0.85-0.94]), cancer (0.91 [0.87-0.96]), and all-cause mortality (0.84 [0.78-0.92]) with moderate to high heterogeneity across studies (I
conclusionsBetter adherence to plant-based dietary patterns, especially those emphasizing healthy plant-based foods, is beneficial for lowering the risks of major chronic conditions, including T2D, CVD, cancer, as well as premature deaths. REGISTRATION OF REVIEW PROTOCOL: This review was registered at the PROSPERO International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews ( https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/ ) with the registration number CRD42022290202.
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