Background. Legume consumption is suggested to have protective effects against cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in the\ngeneral population, but the results have been equivocal. We conducted a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies to assess\nthe association between legume consumption and risk of CVD mortality and all-cause mortality. Methods and Results. Medline\n(via Ovid) and EMBASE (via Ovid) databases were searched through April 2017 to identify eligible studies. The two authors\nindependently extracted the data and the adjusted relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were pooled by using\na random-effects model. A total of 6 studies were identified, including the sizes of participants ranging from 23,601 to 59,485\nwith a sum of 21,8997. Comparing the highest category with the lowest, the pooled RR (95% CI) was 0.96 (0.86ââ?¬â??1.06) for CVD\nmortality and 0.93 (0.87ââ?¬â??0.99) for all-cause mortality. Conclusions. Results from the current study show that high legume intakes\nare associated with lower risk of all-cause mortality. In consideration of the small number of studies, the evidence for assessing\nrelationship between legumes intake and risk of all-cause mortality remains inclusive and warrants further study in the future.\nFurther, consuming legumes does not increase the risk of CVD mortality.
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