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Major types of dietary fat and risk of coronary heart disease: a pooled analysis of 11 cohort studies
Author(s) -
Marianne Uhre Jakobsen,
Éilis J. O’Reilly,
Berit L. Heitmann,
Mark A. Pereira,
Katarina Bälter,
Gary E. Fraser,
Uri Goldbourt,
Göran Hallmans,
Paul Knekt,
Simin Liu,
Pirjo Pietinen,
Donna Spiegelman,
June Stevens,
Jarmo Virtamo,
Walter C. Willett,
Alberto Ascherio
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.3945/ajcn.2008.27124
Subject(s) - hazard ratio , medicine , polyunsaturated fatty acid , cohort study , cohort , concomitant , lower risk , saturated fatty acid , physiology , proportional hazards model , endocrinology , cardiology , fatty acid , confidence interval , chemistry , biochemistry
Saturated fatty acid (SFA) intake increases plasma LDL-cholesterol concentrations; therefore, intake should be reduced to prevent coronary heart disease (CHD). Lower habitual intakes of SFAs, however, require substitution of other macronutrients to maintain energy balance.

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