Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials of Red Meat Consumption in Comparison with Various Comparison Diets on Cardiovascular Risk Factors

Circulation

Volumn 139, Issue 15, 2019, Pages 1828-1845

  Guasch Ferré, Marta ^a,c   Satija, Ambika ^a   Blondin, Stacy A ^a   Janiszewski, Marie ^c   Emlen, Ester ^c   O'Connor, Lauren E ^d   Campbell, Wayne W ^d   Hu, Frank B ^a,b,c   Willett, Walter C ^a,b,c   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

apolipoproteins; blood pressure; diet; lipids; meat; red meat

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLHISTIDINE; ANIMAL PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CARBOHYDRATE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PLANT PROTEIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; FISH PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BISCUIT; BREAD; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHICKEN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COOKIE; DIET THERAPY; ELECTROLYTE EXCRETION; FAT INTAKE; FISH; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LEGUME; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; META ANALYSIS; NUT; PASTA; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RED MEAT; RICE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADULT; ADVERSE EVENT; AGED; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PROTECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEA FOOD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; DIET, HEALTHY; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT PROTEINS, DIETARY; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RED MEAT; RISK FACTORS; SEAFOOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85064543346     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.035225     Document Type: Article

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