RT Journal Article T1 Consumption of Meat, Fish, Dairy Products, and Eggs and Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease. A1 Key, Timothy J A1 Appleby, Paul N A1 Bradbury, Kathryn E A1 Sweeting, Michael A1 Wood, Angela A1 Johansson, Ingegerd A1 Kühn, Tilman A1 Steur, Marinka A1 Weiderpass, Elisabete A1 Wennberg, Maria A1 Lund Würtz, Anne Mette A1 Agudo, Antonio A1 Andersson, Jonas A1 Arriola, Larraitz A1 Boeing, Heiner A1 Boer, Jolanda M A A1 Bonnet, Fabrice A1 Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine A1 Cross, Amanda J A1 Ericson, Ulrika A1 Fagherazzi, Guy A1 Ferrari, Pietro A1 Gunter, Marc A1 Huerta, José María A1 Katzke, Verena A1 Khaw, Kay-Tee A1 Krogh, Vittorio A1 La Vecchia, Carlo A1 Matullo, Giuseppe A1 Moreno-Iribas, Conchi A1 Naska, Androniki A1 Nilsson, Lena Maria A1 Olsen, Anja A1 Overvad, Kim A1 Palli, Domenico A1 Panico, Salvatore A1 Molina-Portillo, Elena A1 Quirós, J Ramón A1 Skeie, Guri A1 Sluijs, Ivonne A1 Sonestedt, Emily A1 Stepien, Magdalena A1 Tjønneland, Anne A1 Trichopoulou, Antonia A1 Tumino, Rosario A1 Tzoulaki, Ioanna A1 van der Schouw, Yvonne T A1 Verschuren, W M Monique A1 di Angelantonio, Emanuele A1 Langenberg, Claudia A1 Forouhi, Nita A1 Wareham, Nick A1 Butterworth, Adam A1 Riboli, Elio A1 Danesh, John K1 dairy products K1 eggs K1 fish K1 heart diseases K1 meat AB There is uncertainty about the relevance of animal foods to the pathogenesis of ischemic heart disease (IHD). We examined meat, fish, dairy products, and eggs and risk for IHD in the pan-European EPIC cohort (European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition). In this prospective study of 409 885 men and women in 9 European countries, diet was assessed with validated questionnaires and calibrated with 24-hour recalls. Lipids and blood pressure were measured in a subsample. During a mean of 12.6 years of follow-up, 7198 participants had a myocardial infarction or died of IHD. The relationships of animal foods with risk were examined with Cox regression with adjustment for other animal foods and relevant covariates. The hazard ratio (HR) for IHD was 1.19 (95% CI, 1.06-1.33) for a 100-g/d increment in intake of red and processed meat, and this remained significant after exclusion of the first 4 years of follow-up (HR, 1.25 [95% CI, 1.09-1.42]). Risk was inversely associated with intakes of yogurt (HR, 0.93 [95% CI, 0.89-0.98] per 100-g/d increment), cheese (HR, 0.92 [95% CI, 0.86-0.98] per 30-g/d increment), and eggs (HR, 0.93 [95% CI, 0.88-0.99] per 20-g/d increment); the associations with yogurt and eggs were attenuated and nonsignificant after exclusion of the first 4 years of follow-up. Risk was not significantly associated with intakes of poultry, fish, or milk. In analyses modeling dietary substitutions, replacement of 100 kcal/d from red and processed meat with 100 kcal/d from fatty fish, yogurt, cheese, or eggs was associated with ≈20% lower risk of IHD. Consumption of red and processed meat was positively associated with serum non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration and systolic blood pressure, and consumption of cheese was inversely associated with serum non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Risk for IHD was positively associated with consumption of red and processed meat and inversely associated with consumption of yogurt, cheese, and eggs, although the associations with yogurt and eggs may be influenced by reverse causation bias. It is not clear whether the associations with red and processed meat and cheese reflect causality, but they were consistent with the associations of these foods with plasma non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and for red and processed meat with systolic blood pressure, which could mediate such effects. YR 2019 FD 2019-04-22 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/13856 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/13856 LA en DS RISalud RD Apr 5, 2025