The effect of replacing saturated fat with mostly n-6 polyunsaturated fat on coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-16

  Hamley, Steven ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Coronary heart disease; Diet heart hypothesis; Meta analysis; Omega 6; Polyunsaturated fat; Randomised controlled trial; Saturated fat

Indexed keywords

OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID;

CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; FAT INTAKE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR ADVERSE CARDIAC EVENT; META ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; BLOOD; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY DISEASE; DIET; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; HUMANS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85019950337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12937-017-0254-5     Document Type: Review

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