Longevity of vegetarians and health-conscious

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Hi All,

Longevity of vegetarians and health-conscious appears to be better than the

general population longevity and similar to each other, it seems.

The below not pdf-available paper Medline citation title describes the study

well, and the results were " Standardized mortality ratios for all-cause

mortality

was significantly below 100: 59 [95% confidence interval (95% CI), 54-64],

predominantly due to a deficit of deaths from circulatory diseases. Within the

cohort, vegetarian compared with nonvegetarian diet had no effect on overall

mortality [rate ratio (RR), 1.10; 95% CI, 0.89-1.36], whereas moderate and high

physical activity significantly reduced risk of death (RR, 0.62, 0.64), adjusted

for

age, sex, smoking, alcohol intake, body mass index, and educational level.

Vegetarian diet was however associated with a reduced RR of 0.70 (95% CI,

0.41-1.18)

for ischemic heart disease, which could partly be related to avoidance of meat. "

1. Chang-Claude J, Hermann S, Eilber U, Steindorf K.

Lifestyle determinants and mortality in German vegetarians and health-conscious

persons: results of a 21-year follow-up.

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2005 Apr;14(4):963-8.

PMID: 15824171

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=pubmed & dopt=Abstra\

ct & list_uids=15824171

Al Pater, PhD; email: old542000@...

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