Comparison of blood lipid-lowering effects of olive oil and other plant oils: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of 27 randomized placebo‐controlled clinical trials

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 13, 2019, Pages 2110-2124

  Ghobadi, Saeed ^a   Hassanzadeh Rostami, Zahra ^b   Mohammadian, Fatemeh ^c   Nikfetrat, Arash ^b   Ghasemifard, negar ^d   Raeisi Dehkordi, Hamidreza ^e   Faghih, Shiva ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dyslipidemia; High density lipoprotein cholesterol; Low density lipoprotein cholesterol; Olive oil; Total cholesterol; Triacylglycerol

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CHOLESTEROL; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DYSLIPIDEMIAS; HIGH-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROLS; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS; TOTAL CHOLESTEROLS; TRIACYLGLYCEROLS;

OLIVE OIL;

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OLIVE OIL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VEGETABLE OIL;

BLOOD; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FACTUAL DATABASE; FOOD; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS;

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FOOD; HUMANS; LIPIDS; OLIVE OIL; PLANT OILS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 85052731977     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2018.1438349     Document Type: Review

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