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Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 18 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study

M Dehghan, A Mente, X Zhang, S Swaminathan, W Li, V Mohan et al.. The Lancet. 2017.

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In plain language

High carbohydrate intake was associated with higher total mortality; total fat was not associated with cardiovascular disease.

Limits

Observational.

Source

doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32252-3 · PubMed 28864332

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