Dietary saturated fat intake and atherosclerotic vascular disease mortality in elderly women: A prospective cohort study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1263-1268

  Blekkenhorst, Lauren C ^a   Prince, Richard L ^a,b   Hodgson, Jonathan M ^a   Lim, Wai H ^a,b   Zhu, Kun ^a,b   Devine, Amanda ^c   Thompson, Peter L ^b   Lewis, Joshua R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Dietary fats; Epidemiological studies; Fatty acids; Vascular diseases

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGE; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUSTRALIA; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; MORTALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY FATS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENERGY INTAKE; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84930461232     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.102392     Document Type: Article

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