Guest guest Posted October 13, 2002 Report Share Posted October 13, 2002 Hi All, I sent earlier the partial details of a study that found that fish-eaters and dairy and egg-eating vegetarians lived longer than vegans and omnivores when all factors such as body mass index were accounted for. Below, it has been reported that blood pressure is lowest among vegans, but the effect seems to be accounted for by lower weight. Cheers, Al. Appleby PN, Davey GK, Key TJ. Hypertension and blood pressure among meat eaters, fish eaters, vegetarians and vegans in EPIC-Oxford. Public Health Nutr. 2002 Oct;5(5):645-54. “fish eaters, vegetarians …..Mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures were significantly different between the four diet groups, with meat eaters having the highest values and vegans the lowest values. The differences in age-adjusted mean blood pressure between meat eaters and vegans among participants with no self-reported hypertension were 4.2 and 2.6 mmHg systolic and 2.8 and 1.7 mmHg diastolic for men and women, respectively. Much of the variation was attributable to differences in body mass index between the diet groups. CONCLUSIONS: Non-meat eaters, especially vegans, have a lower prevalence of hypertension and lower systolic and diastolic blood pressures than meat eaters, largely because of differences in body mass index.” PMID: 12372158 [PubMed - in process] Alan Pater, Ph.D.; Faculty of Medicine; Memorial University; St. 's, NF A1B 3V6 Canada; Tel. No.: (709) 777-6488; Fax No.: (709) 777-7010; email: apater@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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