Egg consumption in relation to risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 146-159

  Shin, Jang Yel ^a,b   Xun, Pengcheng ^a,c   Nakamura, Yasuyuki ^c,d   He, Ka ^a,c  

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

^b Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; EGG; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EGGS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84879426148     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.051318     Document Type: Article

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