Dietary intake of plant- and animal-derived protein and incident cardiovascular diseases: the pan-European EPIC-CVD case–cohort study
Zheng J, Steur M, Imamura F, Freisling H, Johnson L, van der Schouw Y, Tong T, Weiderpass E, Bajracharya R, Crous-Bou M, Dahm C, Heath A, Ibsen D, Jannasch F, Katzke V, Masala G, Moreno-Iribas C, Sacerdote C, Schulze M, Sieri S, Wareham N, Danesh J, Butterworth A, Forouhi N. Dietary intake of plant- and animal-derived protein and incident cardiovascular diseases: the pan-European EPIC-CVD case–cohort study. American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition 2024, 119: 1164-1174. PMID: 38479550, PMCID: PMC11130694, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.03.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIschemic heart diseaseDietary protein intakeProtein intakeCase-cohort studyCardiovascular diseaseIncident cardiovascular diseaseFatal strokeAssociated with lower incidenceIncidence of fatal strokeRisk of cardiovascular diseaseEuropean Prospective InvestigationPrentice-weighted Cox regressionAssociated with incident cardiovascular diseaseOverall CVDIncident CVD casesIntake of plantMacronutrient intakeStroke incidenceProtein consumptionSubcohort membersIsocaloric substitutionDietary patternsDietary intakeNever smokersProspective Investigation