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Key publications: EPIC-Oxford

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Cancer

  • Key TJ, Appleby PN, Crowe FL, Bradbury KE, Schmidt JA, Travis RC. Cancer in British vegetarians: updated analyses of 4998 incident cancers in a cohort of 32,491 meat eaters, 8612 fish eaters, 18,298 vegetarians, and 2246 vegans. Am J Clin Nutr. 2014 Jul;100 Suppl 1(1):378S-85S. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.113.071266. Epub 2014 Jun 4. PMID: 24898235
  • Travis RC, Allen NE, Appleby PN, Spencer EA, Roddam AW, Key TJ. A prospective study of vegetarianism and isoflavone intake in relation to breast cancer risk in British women. Int J Cancer. 2008 Feb 1;122(3):705-10. doi: 10.1002/ijc.23141. PMID: 17943732

Cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes

  • Tong TYN, Appleby PN, Bradbury KE, Perez-Cornago A, Travis RC, Clarke R, Key TJ. Risks of ischaemic heart disease and stroke in meat eaters, fish eaters, and vegetarians over 18 years of follow-up: results from the prospective EPIC-Oxford study. BMJ. 2019 Sep 4;366:l4897. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l4897. PMID: 31484644
  • Papier K, Appleby PN, Fensom GK, Knuppel A, Perez-Cornago A, Schmidt JA, Tong TYN, Key TJ. Vegetarian diets and risk of hospitalisation or death with diabetes in British adults: results from the EPIC-Oxford study. Nutr Diabetes. 2019 Feb 25;9(1):7. doi: 10.1038/s41387-019-0074-0. PMID: 30804320

Diet-related greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts

  • Papier, K, and Clark, M. Vegan diet has just 30% of the environmental impact of a high-meat diet, major study finds. The Conversation (2023). 
  • Scarborough, P., Clark, M., Cobiac, L., Papier, K., Knuppel, A., Lynch, J., Harrington, R., Key, T.J., Springmann, M. Vegans, vegetarians, fish-eaters and meat-eaters in the UK show discrepant environmental impacts. Nat Food 4, 565–574 (2023).
  • Scarborough P, Appleby PN, Mizdrak A, Briggs AD, Travis RC, Bradbury KE, Key TJ Dietary greenhouse gas emissions of meat-eaters, fish-eaters, vegetarians and vegans in the UK. Clim Change. 2014;125(2):179-192. doi: 10.1007/s10584-014-1169-1. Epub 2014 Jun 11. PMID: 25834298

Food and nutrient intakes

  • Papier K, Tong TY, Appleby PN, Bradbury KE, Fensom GK, Knuppel A, Perez-Cornago A, Schmidt JA, Travis RC, Key TJ. Comparison of major protein-source foods and other food groups in meat-eaters and non-meat-eaters in the EPIC-Oxford Cohort. Nutrients. 2019 Apr 11;11(4):824. doi: 10.3390/nu11040824. PMID: 30979052
  • Sobiecki JG, Appleby PN, Bradbury KE, Key TJ. High compliance with dietary recommendations in a cohort of meat eaters, fish eaters, vegetarians, and vegans: results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Oxford study. Nutr Res. 2016 May;36(5):464-77. doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2015.12.016. Epub 2016 Jan 6. PMID: 27101764 

Musculoskeletal

  • Tong TYN, Appleby PN, Armstrong MEG, Fensom GK, Knuppel A, Papier K, Perez-Cornago A, Travis RC, Key TJ. Vegetarian and vegan diets and risks of total and site-specific fractures: results from the prospective EPIC-Oxford study. BMC Med. 2020 Nov 23;18(1):353. doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01815-3. PMID: 33222682 

Overall disease risk and mortality

  • Key TJ, Papier K, Tong TYN. Plant-based diets and long-term health: findings from the EPIC-Oxford study. Proc Nutr Soc. 2022; 81(2):190-198. PubMed
  • Knuppel A, Papier K, Key TJ, Travis RC. EAT-Lancet score and major health outcomes: the EPIC-Oxford study. Lancet. 2019 Jul 20;394(10194):213-214. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)31236-X. Epub 2019 Jun 21. PMID: 31235280
  • Appleby PN, Crowe FL, Bradbury KE, Travis RC, Key TJ. Mortality in vegetarians and comparable nonvegetarians in the United Kingdom. Am J Clin Nutr. 2016 Jan;103(1):218-30. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.115.119461. Epub 2015 Dec 9. PMID: 26657045

Study design and participant characteristics

  • Davey GK, Spencer EA, Appleby PN, Allen NE, Knox KH, Key TJ. EPIC-Oxford: lifestyle characteristics and nutrient intakes in a cohort of 33 883 meat-eaters and 31 546 non meat-eaters in the UK. Public Health Nutr. 2003 May;6(3):259-69. doi: 10.1079/PHN2002430. PMID: 12740075

 

 

 

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