The incidence of hypertension appears to be lower invegetarian populations(10). In a cohort of 11 004 men andwomen aged 20–78 years, Appleby et al.(23)showed differ-ences in age-adjusted mean values between omnivores andvegans of 24?2mmHg and 22?6 mmHg in systolic bloodpressure and 22?8mmHgand21?7 mmHg in diastolic bloodpressure, for men and women, respectively (P , 0?005)