Adventist Health Study Diet & Cancer Risk Explorer

Cohort Simulator & Absolute vs Relative Risk Workbench
Meat-Eater (Baseline)
1,200
Cases per 10,000 | HR 1.00
Vegetarian Impact
1,056
144 Cases Avoided / 10k
Vegan Impact
912
288 Cases Avoided / 10k
Number Needed to Adopt (NNA)
35
Vegans to prevent 1 cancer case
Simulated 10,000 Individual Cohort Matrix

Each dot represents 25 individuals. Highlighted dots indicate predicted cancer diagnoses over the follow-up period.

Meat-Eater Case
Vegetarian Case
Vegan Case
No Diagnosis
Cumulative Hazard Curves (95% CI)

Projected cumulative probability of diagnosis over selected follow-up time horizon.

Epidemiological Evidence Workbench
Dietary Pattern Hazard Ratio (HR) 95% Confidence Interval Relative Risk Reduction Absolute Risk (Per 10k) Absolute Risk Reduction (ARR) NNA (1 Case Prevented)
Non-Vegetarian 1.00 (Ref) [1.00 - 1.00] 0.0% 12.0% - -
Vegetarian 0.88 [0.81 - 0.95] 12.0% 10.6% 1.44% 70
Vegan 0.76 [0.68 - 0.85] 24.0% 9.12% 2.88% 35
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