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Table 3.

Cardiometabolic factors among vegetarian and non-vegetarian Adventists.

Cardiometabolic Factor	Person at-Risk	No. of Events	Parameter Estimates	Non-Vegetarian	Vegetarian	Cohort(s) & References
Cardiometabolic Factor	Person at-Risk	No. of Events	Parameter Estimates	Mean or OR (95% CI)		Cohort(s) & References
BMI ^[a]^,* Men Women	34,192	-	Mean, kg/m²	26.2 (26.1, 26.4) 25.9 (25.8, 26.0)	24.3 (24.1, 24.4) 23.7 (23.6, 23.9)	AHS-1 [21]
BMI ^[a]^,*	773	-	Mean, kg/m²	29.6 (29.0, 30.3)	25.9 (25.2, 26.6)	AHS-2 [22]
Hypertension ^[b]^,^‡ Men Women	34,192	-	OR	1 [referent]	0.45 (0.40, 0.51) 0.45 (0.41, 0.49)	AHS-1 [21]
Diabetes ^[b]^, ^‡ Men Women	34,192	-	OR	1 [referent]	0.51 (0.40, 0.64) 0.52 (0.44, 0.64)	AHS-1 [21]
Diabetes Mellitus ^[c]^,^♠	8401	543	OR	1 [referent]	0.75 (0.57, 0.97)	AMS & AHS-1 [23]
Metabolic Syndrome ^[d]^,†	773	-	OR	1 [referent]	0.44 (0.30, 0.64)	AHS-2 [22]

Non-vegetarian is used as the referent group for comparison. OR = odd ratio; ^[a] Adjusted for age and diet status, * p = 0.0001; ^[b] Adjusted for age. Significantly different from non-vegetarians. ^‡ p = 0.0001; ^[c] Multivariate logistic regression model adjusted for age, sex, and BMI; ^♠ p < 0.005; ^[d] Logistic regression analysis adjusted for sex, ethnicity, smoking, alcohol intake, physical activity, and dietary energy intake; ^† p < 0.001.