Association of Dietary, Circulating, and Supplement Fatty Acids With Coronary Risk
Authors: Lukas Schwingshackl, Georg Hoffmann
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2014)

Letters16 September 2014Association of Dietary, Circulating, and Supplement Fatty Acids With Coronary RiskLukas Schwingshackl, MSc, BSc and Georg Hoffmann, PhDLukas Schwingshackl, MSc, BScFrom University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. and Georg Hoffmann, PhDFrom University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L14-5018-6 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:We read the meta-analysis by Chowdhury and colleagues with great interest (1). The authors systematically reviewed prospective and observational studies as well as RCTs investigating the associations between fatty acid consumption and coronary disease using both dietary intake and circulating fatty acids as measures. The results reported a null association of total and individual MUFAs with coronary risk.There has been a lot of debate regarding the potential role of MUFAs in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. We recently published a review on MUFAs and CVD (2) that summarized the results of 16 systematic reviews and meta-analyses of ...References1. Chowdhury R, Warnakula S, Kunutsor S, Crowe F, Ward HA, Johnson L, et al. Association of dietary, circulating, and supplement fatty acids with coronary risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2014;160:398-406. [PMID: 24723079] doi:10.7326/M13-1788 LinkGoogle Scholar2. Schwingshackl L, Hoffmann G. Monounsaturated fatty acids and risk of cardiovascular disease: synopsis of the evidence available from systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Nutrients. 2012;4:1989-2007. [PMID: 23363996] doi:10.3390/nu4121989 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. 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Public Health Nutr. 2013:1-14. [PMID: 24476641] MedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Lukas Schwingshackl, MSc, BSc; Georg Hoffmann, PhDAffiliations: From University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.Disclosures: Authors have disclosed no conflicts of interest. Forms can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=L14-0327. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoAssociation of Dietary, Circulating, and Supplement Fatty Acids With Coronary Risk Rajiv Chowdhury , Samantha Warnakula , Setor Kunutsor , Francesca Crowe , Heather A. Ward , Laura Johnson , Oscar H. Franco , Adam S. Butterworth , Nita G. Forouhi , Simon G. Thompson , Kay-Tee Khaw , Dariush Mozaffarian , John Danesh , and Emanuele Di Angelantonio Association of Dietary, Circulating, and Supplement Fatty Acids With Coronary Risk Christine Dawczynski , Marcus E. 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