Diet as prophylaxis and treatment for venous thromboembolism?

Table 6 Studies of vegetarian diets and serum markers of inflammation

Author	Study Design	Population	Exposure variable	Outcome variable	Results
Mezzano [70]	Case-control	52 Chilean subjects	Lacto or lacto-ovo Vegetarians v. Omnivores	CRP	NS
Chen [65]	Case-control	198 healthy Taiwanese subjects	Vegetarians (NOS) v. Omnivores	CRP	NS
Harvinder [121]	Case-control	47 USA subjects with CAD or CAD risk factors	Vegans v. Omnivores	CRP	Vegans had significantly lower levels of CRP
Kjeldsen-Kragh [64]	Case-control	53 Rheumatoid arthritis patients	Lacto vegetarians v. Omnivores	WBC count	Lacto vegetarians had significantly lower WBCs
Kjeldsen-Kragh [72]	Case-control	Rheumatoid arthritis patients	Vegetarians (NOS) v. Omnivores	WBC count	Vegetarians had significantly lower WBCs
Nazarewicz [62]	Case-control	22 vegetarian and 19 omnivore Pols	Vegetarians (NOS) v. Omnivores	WBC count	Vegetarians had significantly lower WBCs
Pongstaporn [122]	Case-control	178 vegetarian and 58 omnivore Thais	Vegetarians (NOS) v. Omnivores	WBC count	Vegetarians had significantly lower WBCs
Arm-strong [63]	Case-control	431 vegetarian and 131 omnivore Seventh-day Adventists	Vegetarians (NOS) v. Omnivores	WBC count	Vegetarian men but not women had significantly lower WBCs
Haddad [68]	Case-control	25 vegan and 20 omnivore Californians	Vegans v. Omnivores	WBC count	Vegans had significantly lower WBCs
Tungtrong-chitr [67]	Case-control	132 vegetarians and 47 omnivores from Thailand	Vegetarians (NOS) v. Omnivores	WBC count	NS
Malter [66]	Case-control	German male vegetarians and omnivores	Vegetarians (NOS) v. Omnivores	WBC count	NS

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