Saturated fat and cardiometabolic risk factors, coronary heart disease, stroke, and diabetes: A fresh look at the evidence

Lipids

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 893-905

  Micha, Renata ^a   Mozaffarian, Dariush ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes mellitus; Diet; Fatty acids; Nutrition; Saturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LAURIC ACID; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; STEARIC ACID;

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK FACTOR; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FAT INTAKE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPOLYSIS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WEIGHT GAIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78650217265     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: 15589307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-010-3393-4     Document Type: Review

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