Chocolate consumption is inversely associated with prevalent coronary heart disease: The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Heart Study

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 182-187

  Djoussé, Luc ^a,b   Hopkins, Paul N ^c   North, Kari E ^d   Pankow, James S ^e   Arnett, Donna K ^f   Ellison, R Curtis ^g  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^g BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Cardiovascular disease; Epidemiology; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

LINOLENIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CACAO; CALORIC INTAKE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING HABIT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CACAO; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE (U.S.); ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953047286     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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