Vegetarian diets and cardiovascular risk factors in black members of the Adventist Health Study-2

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 537-545

  Fraser, Gary ^a   Katuli, Sozina ^a   Anousheh, Ramtin ^b   Knutsen, Synnove ^a   Herring, Patti ^a   Fan, Jing ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jerry L Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Adventists; Blacks; Cardiovascular risks; Vegetarian diet

Indexed keywords

SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROTESTANTISM; UNITED STATES; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROTESTANTISM; UNITED STATES; WEST INDIES;

EID: 84903835781     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980014000263     Document Type: Article

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