Ju-Sheng Zheng, Marinka Steur, Fumiaki Imamura, Heinz Freisling, Laura Johnson, Yvonne T van der Schouw, Tammy Yn Tong, Elisabete Weiderpass, Rashmita Bajracharya, Marta Crous-Bou, Christina C Dahm, Alicia K Heath, Daniel B Ibsen, Franziska Jannasch, Verena Katzke, Giovanna Masala, Conchi Moreno-Iribas, Carlotta Sacerdote, Matthias B Schulze, Sabina Sieri, Nicholas J Wareham, John Danesh, Adam S Butterworth, Nita G Forouhi
BACKGROUND: Epidemiological evidence suggests that a potential association between dietary protein intake and cardiovascular disease (CVD) may depend on the protein source, that is, plant- or animal-derived, but past research was limited and inconclusive. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the association of dietary plant- or animal-derived protein consumption with risk of CVD, and its components ischemic heart disease (IHD) and stroke. METHODS: This analysis in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-CVD case-cohort study included 16,244 incident CVD cases (10,784 IHD and 6423 stroke cases) and 15,141 subcohort members from 7 European countries...
May 2024: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition