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Red meat consumption and mortality: results from 2 prospective cohort studies.


ABSTRACT: Red meat consumption has been associated with an increased risk of chronic diseases. However, its relationship with mortality remains uncertain.We prospectively observed 37 698 men from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (1986-2008) and 83 644 women from the Nurses' Health Study (1980-2008) who were free of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer at baseline. Diet was assessed by validated food frequency questionnaires and updated every 4 years.We documented 23 926 deaths (including 5910 CVD and 9464 cancer deaths) during 2.96 million person-years of follow-up. After multivariate adjustment for major lifestyle and dietary risk factors, the pooled hazard ratio (HR) (95% CI) of total mortality for a 1-serving-per-day increase was 1.13 (1.07-1.20) for unprocessed red meat and 1.20 (1.15-1.24) for processed red meat. The corresponding HRs (95% CIs) were 1.18 (1.13-1.23) and 1.21 (1.13-1.31) for CVD mortality and 1.10 (1.06-1.14) and 1.16 (1.09-1.23) for cancer mortality. We estimated that substitutions of 1 serving per day of other foods (including fish, poultry, nuts, legumes, low-fat dairy, and whole grains) for 1 serving per day of red meat were associated with a 7% to 19% lower mortality risk. We also estimated that 9.3% of deaths in men and 7.6% in women in these cohorts could be prevented at the end of follow-up if all the individuals consumed fewer than 0.5 servings per day (approximately 42 g/d) of red meat.Red meat consumption is associated with an increased risk of total, CVD, and cancer mortality. Substitution of other healthy protein sources for red meat is associated with a lower mortality risk.

SUBMITTER: Pan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3712342 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Red meat consumption and mortality: results from 2 prospective cohort studies.

Pan An A   Sun Qi Q   Bernstein Adam M AM   Schulze Matthias B MB   Manson JoAnn E JE   Stampfer Meir J MJ   Willett Walter C WC   Hu Frank B FB  

Archives of internal medicine 20120312 7


<h4>Background</h4>Red meat consumption has been associated with an increased risk of chronic diseases. However, its relationship with mortality remains uncertain.<h4>Methods</h4>We prospectively observed 37 698 men from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (1986-2008) and 83 644 women from the Nurses' Health Study (1980-2008) who were free of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cancer at baseline. Diet was assessed by validated food frequency questionnaires and updated every 4 years.<h4>Result  ...[more]

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