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A Prospective Study of Trans Fatty Acids in Erythrocytes and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease
Author(s) -
Qi Sun,
Jing Ma,
Hannia Campos,
Susan E. Hankinson,
JoAnn E. Manson,
Meir J. Stampfer,
Kathryn M. Rexrode,
Walter C. Willett,
Frank B. Hu
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.106.679985
Subject(s) - medicine , quartile , fatty acid , cholesterol , high density lipoprotein , coronary heart disease , relative risk , confidence interval , endocrinology , blood lipids , lipoprotein , biochemistry , biology
High consumption of trans fat has been linked to the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). We assessed the hypothesis that higher trans fatty acid contents in erythrocytes were associated with an elevated risk of CHD in a nested case-control study among US women.

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