Meta-analysis of effect of saturated fat intake on cardiovascular disease: Overadjustment obscures true associations

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 458-459

  Scarborough, Peter ^a   Rayner, Mike ^a   Van Dis, Ineke ^b   Norum, Kaare ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Netherlands Heart Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NOTE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 77955480659     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2010.29504     Document Type: Letter

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