Coronary Risk Factors and its Reduction by Plant-Based Diet with Emphasis on Diabetes: A Preliminary Report

In the first part (Part A), the subjects are 805 patients treated for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, diabetes, and coronary artery disease (CAD) from January 2012 through October 2015. Primary prevention group (without CAD) consisting of 423 patients are compared to the Secondary prevention group (with CAD) consisting of 382 patients (Table 1). The second part (Part B) is to determine the effect of plant-based diet in reducing coronary risk factors in 20 patients with diabetes, divided in to two groups, dietary compliant vs. dietary non-compliant group.