Forest plot of the adjusted relative risk (RR) of coronary heart disease for the highest versus the lowest adherence to plant-based dietary patterns. Pooled risk estimates and 95% confidence intervals (CI) using a random effects model for meta-analysis are in bold. Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; EPIC, European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition; NHS, Nurses’ Health Study, NHS2, Nurses’ Health Study II; REGARDS, Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke; RR, relative risk; seTE, standard error of treatment effect; TE, treatment effect; UK, United Kingdom.