Effects of dietary fats versus carbohydrates on coronary heart disease: A review of the evidence

Current Atherosclerosis Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 435-445

  Mozaffarian, Dariush ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FAT INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CORONARY DISEASE; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29844434740     PISSN: 15233804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11883-005-0060-y     Document Type: Review

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