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Vegetarian diet as a risk factor for symptomatic gallstone disease

Author(s) -

Tamara McConnell,

P N Appleby,

Timothy J. Key

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

european journal of clinical nutrition

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024

H-Index - 157

eISSN - 1476-5640

pISSN - 0954-3007

DOI - 10.1038/ejcn.2016.252

Subject(s) - medicine , gallstones , risk factor , body mass index , disease , relative risk , european prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition , prospective cohort study , cohort study , lower risk , incidence (geometry) , cohort , proportional hazards model , gastroenterology , confidence interval , physics , optics

Previous small studies have shown either no difference or a lower risk of symptomatic gallstone disease in vegetarians than in non-vegetarians. This study examined the incidence of symptomatic gallstone disease in a cohort of British vegetarians and non-vegetarians, and investigated the associations between nutrient intake and risk of symptomatic gallstone disease.

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