Effects of tree nuts on blood lipids, apolipoproteins, and blood pressure: Systematic review, meta-analysis, and dose-response of 61 controlled intervention trials

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1347-1356

  Del Gobbo, Liana C ^a   Falk, Michael C ^b   Feldman, Robin ^b   Lewis, Kara ^b   Mozaffarian, Dariush ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Life Sciences Research Organization Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein; Cardiovascular; Cholesterol; Lipids; Nuts

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; APOLIPOPROTEIN B100; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ALMOND; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL NUT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASHEW NUT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE RESPONSE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HAZELNUT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MACADAMIA; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUT; PECAN; PISTACHIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WALNUT; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DIET THERAPY; DOWN REGULATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; META ANALYSIS; TREE;

APOLIPOPROTEINS B; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DOWN-REGULATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; NUTS; TREES;

EID: 84948798586     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.110965     Document Type: Article

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