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Within the cohort, daily consumption of fresh fruit was associated with significantly reduced mortality from ischaemic heart disease (rate ratio adjusted for smoking 0.76 (95% confidence interval 0.60 to 0.97)), cerebrovascular disease (0.68 (0.47 to 0.98)), and for all causes combined (0.79 (0.70 to 0.90)).\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Conclusions<\/jats:bold>\n                    : In this cohort of health conscious individuals, daily consumption of fresh fruit is associated with a reduced mortality from ischaemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, and all causes combined.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:boxed-text position=\"float\">\n                      <jats:sec>\n                        <jats:title>Key messages<\/jats:title>\n                        <jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n                          <jats:list-item>\n                            <jats:p>This study examined dietary factors associated with mortality among 11 000 health conscious people followed for an average of 17 years.<\/jats:p>\n                          <\/jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:list-item>\n                            <jats:p>After smoking was adjusted for, daily consumption of fresh fruit was associated with a 24% reduction in mortality from ischaemic heart disease, a 32% reduction in mortality from cerebrovascular disease, and a 21% reduction in all cause mortality compared with less frequent consumption.<\/jats:p>\n                          <\/jats:list-item>\n                        <\/jats:list>\n                      <\/jats:sec>\n                    <\/jats:boxed-text>\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.313.7060.775","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,10,31]],"date-time":"2011-10-31T17:00:12Z","timestamp":1320080412000},"page":"775-779","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":221,"title":["Dietary habits and mortality in 11 000 vegetarians and health conscious people: results of a 17 year follow up"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"313","author":[{"given":"Timothy J A","family":"Key","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Margaret","family":"Thorogood","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Paul N","family":"Appleby","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Michael L","family":"Burr","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[1996,9,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025122311213860000_313.7060.775.1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"274","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.1.5848.274","article-title":"Some diseases characteristic of modern western civilisation.","volume":"1","author":"Burkitt","year":"1973","journal-title":"BMJ"},{"key":"2025122311213860000_313.7060.775.2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"873","DOI":"10.1093\/ajcn\/36.5.873","article-title":"Vegetarianism, dietary fiber, and mortality.","volume":"36","author":"Burr","year":"1982","journal-title":"Am J Clin Nutr"},{"key":"2025122311213860000_313.7060.775.3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"830","DOI":"10.1093\/ajcn\/48.3.830","article-title":"Heart disease in British vegetarians.","volume":"48","author":"Burr","year":"1988","journal-title":"Am J Clin Nutr"},{"key":"2025122311213860000_313.7060.775.4","unstructured":"World Health Organisation International classification of diseases, injuries and causes of death. 8th Revision,1965.Geneva: WHO,1967."},{"key":"2025122311213860000_313.7060.775.5","unstructured":"World Health Organisation International classification of diseases, injuries and causes of death. 9th Revision, 1975.Geneva: WHO,1977."},{"key":"2025122311213860000_313.7060.775.6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.308.6945.1667"},{"key":"2025122311213860000_313.7060.775.7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"395","DOI":"10.1097\/00001648-199209000-00003","article-title":"Mortality pattern of German vegetarians after 11 years of follow-up.","volume":"3","author":"Chang-Claude","year":"1992","journal-title":"Epidemiology"},{"key":"2025122311213860000_313.7060.775.8","first-page":"1097","article-title":"Mortality among California Seventh-day Adventists for selected cancer sites.","volume":"65","author":"Phillips","year":"1980","journal-title":"JNCI"},{"key":"2025122311213860000_313.7060.775.9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"775","DOI":"10.1093\/oxfordjournals.aje.a113798","article-title":"Association between reported diet and all-cause mortality. 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