Saturated fatty acids and risk of coronary heart disease: Modulation by replacement nutrients

Current Atherosclerosis Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 384-390

  Siri Tarino, Patty W ^a   Sun, Qi ^b   Hu, Frank B ^c   Krauss, Ronald M ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carbohydrate; Cardiovascular disease; Clinical studies; Coronary heart disease; Diet; Dyslipidemia; Epidemiology; HDL cholesterol; Insulin resistance; LDL cholesterol; Lipids; Meta analysis; Monounsaturated fat; Nutrient replacement; Obesity; Polyunsaturated fat; Prospective cohort studies; Randomized controlled trials; Saturated fat; Triacylglycerol; Triglyceride; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MACRONUTRIENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CORONARY DISEASE; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77958198870     PISSN: 15233804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11883-010-0131-6     Document Type: Review

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