Available studies show convincingly the health benefits of lifestyle changes in CAD patients .
Effect estimates of combined dietary changes look promising .
BACKGROUND Guidelines for lifestyle and dietary modification in patients with coronary artery disease ( CAD ) are mainly supported by evidence from general population studies .
CAD patients , however , differ from the general population in age ( older ) and treatment with preventive drugs .
This review seeks to provide evidence for a prognostic benefit of lifestyle and dietary recommendations from studies in CAD patients .
High fruit intake may reduce mortality among middle-aged and elderly men. The Study of Men Born in 1913
Objective : A number of long-term population -based studies have tried to study fruit and vegetable consumption in relation to cardiovascular disease , cancer and total mortality . Few of these studies are based on r and omly selected population sample s. The aim of the study was to investigate the long-term effect of fruit and vegetable consumption on mortality , cardiovascular disease , cardiovascular death , cancer morbidity and cancer death among middle-aged and elderly men . Design : Prospect i ve cohort study . Setting : General community . The Study of Men Born in 1913.Subjects : 792 men at age 54 who participated in a screening examination in 1967.Main outcome measures : A  food frequency question naire was used to obtain information of the dietary habits in 730 of the men ( 92 % ) . All men were followed up with repeated examinations until the age of 80 . Results : Cardiovascular as well as total mortality was significantly lower among men with high fruit consumption in univariate analysis . There was no correlation between fruit or vegetable consumption in relation to cancer incidence , cancer death and cardiovascular disease . In multivariate survival analysis where smoking , cholesterol and hypertension were taken into account , there was a significantly lower mortality among men with a high fruit consumption during 16 y follow up until the age of 70 ( P=0.042 ) , but this finding was no longer statistically significant during 26 y follow-up at the age of 80 ( P=0.051 ) . Conclusions . Daily fruit consumption seems to have positive effect on long-term survival independently of other traditional cardiovascular risk factors like smoking , hypertension and cholesterol . Sponsorship : This study was supported by grants from the Swedish Medical Research Council ( K98 - 274 - 06276 - 17 ) King Gustav V and Queen Victoria ’s Foundation , and the Göteborg University . European Journal of Clinical Nutrition ( 2000 ) 54 ,
Available studies show convincingly the health benefits of lifestyle changes in CAD patients .
Effect estimates of combined dietary changes look promising .
BACKGROUND Guidelines for lifestyle and dietary modification in patients with coronary artery disease ( CAD ) are mainly supported by evidence from general population studies .
CAD patients , however , differ from the general population in age ( older ) and treatment with preventive drugs .
This review seeks to provide evidence for a prognostic benefit of lifestyle and dietary recommendations from studies in CAD patients .