Cross-sectional and longitudinal comparisons of metabolic profiles between vegetarian and non-vegetarian subjects: A matched cohort study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1313-1320

  Chiu, Yen Feng ^a   Hsu, Chih Cheng ^a   Chiu, Tina H T ^b,c   Lee, Chun Yi ^a   Liu, Ting Ting ^d   Tsao, Chwen Keng ^d   Chuang, Su Chun ^a   Hsiung, Chao A ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b Tzu Chi Foundation   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d MJ Health Management Institution   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Longitudinal studies; Metabolic traits; Vegetarian diets

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; NON VEGETARIAN; OBESITY; RISK; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN; TAIWANESE; TREND STUDY; VEGETARIAN; VEGETARIAN DIET; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; FOLLOW UP; METABOLOME; RISK FACTOR; VEGAN DIET; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET, VEGAN; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FASTING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METABOLOME; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; TRIGLYCERIDES; VEGETARIANS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944157314     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114515002937     Document Type: Article

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