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Astrup A et al. Am J Clin - American Heart Association

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Addressing the Controversy<br />

Assertion:<br />

The saturated fat and CHD relation may differ for “hard” versus<br />

“soft” endpoints (RR ”hard” = 1.13 versus RR ”soft” = 0.99)<br />

Response:<br />

Our ev<strong>al</strong>uation of this hypothesis yielded a non-significant pooled<br />

Our ev<strong>al</strong>uation of this hypothesis yielded a non-significant pooled<br />

RR estimate of 1.18 (0.99-1.42) (n=7 studies that considered fat<strong>al</strong><br />

CHD as the outcome variable). Siri-Tarino PW <strong>et</strong> <strong>al</strong>. Curr Athero Rep 2010; 12(6):384-90

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