Review Article
Legume Consumption and All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality
Table 2
Stratified analyses of mortality associated with legume consumption.
| Group | Number of studies | RR (95% CI) | P (heterogeneity) | (%) |
| Total | 6 | 0.96 [0.86, 1.06] | 0.42 | 38 | Geographic area | | | | | North America | 1 | 0.83 [0.65, 1.06] | / | / | Asia | 3 | 1.03 [0.83, 1.29] | 0.76 | 53 | Europe | 2 | 0.96 [0.80, 1.16] | 0.69 | 62 | Number of participates | | | | | <30,000 | 3 | 0.93 [0.80, 1.07] | 0.31 | 44 | ≥30,000 | 4 | 1.03 [0.83, 1.29] | 0.76 | 53 | Sex | | | | | Men | 2 | 0.91 [0.77, 1.07] | 0.25 | 0 | Women | 1 | 0.72 [0.50, 1.05] | / | / |
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