Cardiometabolic & kidneyMeta-analysis
Red meat consumption, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
Authors' conclusion
Unprocessed and processed red meat consumption are both associated with higher risk of CVD, CVD subtypes, and diabetes, with a stronger association in western settings but no sex difference.
Study context
- Population
- Observational studies of red meat consumption and CVD or diabetes, published by 30 June 202243 studies CVD
- Comparison
- Unprocessed and processed red meat consumption
- Outcome
- CVD and its subtypes (coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, HF), T2DM and GDM
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
CVD
Hazard ratio (95% CI)
Unprocessed red meatper 100 g/day increment
1.11(1.05–1.16)
Processed red meatper 50 g/day increment
1.26(1.18–1.35)
Each row per its own increment, as printed
Further pooled results
CVD subtypes, two diabetes mellitus (T2DM), gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)
- Red meat consumption positively associated with CVD subtypes, T2DM and GDM
- diabetes: 27 studies, N = 1 760 774, 64.4% women
Stroke and T2DM, by setting and sex (subgroup)
- Associations with stroke and T2DM higher in western settings, no difference by sex
Original publication
Red meat consumption, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur Heart J. Published 2 June 2023. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehad336
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it