| Author | Cohort name | Subjects | Years of follow-up | Cases | End point | Consumption of | Relative Risk (RR) | Adjustments |
| 36) Takachi R. (2007) | The Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study (JPHC). | 77,891 subjects (35,909 men 41,982 and women) aged 45-74.
(Japan) | 5.8
(1995-1998 to 2002) | 1,386?
(227 myocardial infarction, 1,159 stroke) | Risk of cardiovascular disease | Carrots | Not significantly inversely associated with CVD risk (no data shown). | Age, public health center area, BMI, physical activity, smoking, alcohol, energy, screening examination, medication, and daily vitamin supplement use. |
| 16) Ross RK (1997) | No cohort name defined | 18,244 men aged 45-64 from Shanghai.
(China) | 1986-89 to 1994 | 245? | Stroke/cerebrovascular accident death | Carrots | No significant association was found when evaluated either as median levels of daily intake or as tertiles of intake frequencies (No data shown). | Education, marital status, BMI, lifetime cigarette smoking, lifetime ethanol intake, and history of hypertension. |
| 15) Mann JI (1997) | The Oxford Vegetarian Study. | 10,802 subjects (4102 men and 6700 women) aged 16-79.
(UK) | 13.3
(1980-84 to 1995) | 61 | Ischaemic heart disease death | Carrots |
Death rate ratio = 76 (37-157; P = Not Significant) for the highest vs lowest tertile of consumption.
Amount specific data (times per week):
< once: DRR = 100.
1-4: DRR = 57 (30-108).
≥ 5: DRR = 76 (37-157). | Age, sex, smoking and social class. |
| 10) Rimm EB (1996) | The Health Professionals Follow-Up Study. | 43,757 men aged 40-75.
(USA) | 6
(1986-1992) | 734? | Risk of total MI (nonfatal MI and fatal coronary disease) | Carrots | RR = 0.59 (0.40-0.88) for consumption for consumption ≥ 2 servings/wk vs little or no consumption. | Not defined, but probably: Saturated fat, vitamin E, age, BMI, physical activity, smoking, alcohol, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, family history of MI, and profession. |
| 6) Buijsse B (2008) | The Zutphen Elderly study.
(The Dutch contribution to The Seven Countries Study) | 559 men. | 15 | 197? | CVD mortality | Carrots | RR = 0.83 (0.68-1.00) for an increase of 1 SD. | Not defined. |