Chocolate consumption and risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, and diabetes: A meta-analysis of prospective studies

Nutrients

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Yuan, Sheng ^a   Li, Xia ^a   Jin, Yalei ^a   Lu, Jinping ^a  

^a ZHONGNAN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chocolate consumption; Coronary heart disease; Diabetes; Meta analysis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOCOLATE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NEWCASTLE-OTTAWA SCALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; VERY ELDERLY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED;

CHOCOLATE; CORONARY DISEASE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85022008521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu9070688     Document Type: Article

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