Variables | Number of participants | Cases/total | Test of association | Test of heterogeneity | Analysis of publication bias | |||
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 |  |  | RR (95% CI) | P value | Heterogeneity (I2, %) | P value | Begg’s test (P value) | Egger’s test (P value) |
Fruit | 29,704 | 2809 | 0.92 (0.86, 0.99) | 0.02 | 36.0% | 0.14 | 0.22 | 0.19 |
All vegetable | 5457 | 1633 | 0.95 (0.87, 1.03) | 0.24 | 61.3% | 0.23 | 0.17 | 0.06 |
Starchy vegetable | 7855 | 499 | 1.01 (0.82, 1.26) | 0.90 | 63.7% | 0.90 | 0.60 | 0.62 |
Fruit juice | 23,177 | 1598 | 0.97 (0.91, 1.04) | 0.37 | 29.8% | 0.23 | 0.50 | 0.87 |