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London, November 23
Compared to meat eaters, vegans with lower calcium and protein intakes (on average) had a 43 percent increased risk of fractures anywhere in the body, the researchers warned.
According to the findings, published in the journal BMC Medicine, vegetarians and people who ate fish but not meat had a higher risk of hip fractures, compared to people who ate meat.
However, the risk of fractures was partially reduced once body mass index (BMI), dietary calcium, and dietary protein intake were taken into account.
“We found that vegans had a higher risk of total fractures, resulting in about 20 more cases per 1,000 people over a 10-year period compared to people who ate meat,” said study author Tammy Tong of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. .
“The biggest differences were for hip fractures, where the risk in vegans was 2.3 times higher than in people who ate meat, equivalent to 15 more cases per 1,000 people for 10 years,” Tong added.
For the findings, the research team analyzed data from nearly 55,000 people in the EPIC-Oxford study, a prospective cohort of men and women living in the UK, who were recruited between 1993 and 2001, many of whom do not eat meat. .
Of the 54,898 participants included in the present study, 29,380 ate meat, 8,037 ate fish but not meat, 15,499 were vegetarians, and 1,982 were vegans when recruited.
Their eating habits were initially assessed at the time of recruitment, then again in 2010. Participants were followed continuously for 18 years on average, until 2016 for the occurrence of fractures.
During the time of the study, a total of 3,941 fractures occurred, including 566 of the arm, 889 of the wrist, 945 of the hip, 366 of the leg, 520 of the ankle, and 467 fractures at other major sites, defined as the clavicle, ribs, and ribs. vertebrae.
In addition to a higher risk of hip fractures in vegans, vegetarians and pescetarians (those who eat seafood but not meat) than meat eaters, vegans also had a higher risk of broken legs and other fractures at the main site.
The authors found no significant differences in risks between the arm, wrist or ankle fracture diet groups once BMI was taken into account.
The researchers found that the differences in total and site-specific fracture risk were partially reduced once BMI, dietary calcium, and dietary protein intake were taken into account.
“This study showed that vegans, who on average had lower BMI as well as lower calcium and protein intakes than meat eaters, were at increased risk of fractures at various sites,” the authors wrote. – IANS
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