A 30-year study of over 82,000 women found no link between eating more plant-based foods and the risk of developing endometriosis, a painful reproductive condition, regardless of whether the diet leaned toward healthy or less healthy plant choices.
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82,084 premenopausal women followed for 30 years across the Nurses' Health Study II, with 3,829 confirmed cases of endometriosis
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No meaningful association between plant-based diet scores and endometriosis risk: HR 1.01 for overall plant diet, 1.07 for healthful plant diet, 1.05 for unhealthful plant diet (highest vs lowest intake quintile)
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Findings were consistent regardless of participants' infertility status
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