Association of Dietary, Circulating, and Supplement Fatty Acids With Coronary Risk
Authors: Christine Dawczynski, Marcus E. Kleber, Winfried März, Gerhard Jahreis, Stefan Lorkowski
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2014)

Letters16 September 2014Association of Dietary, Circulating, and Supplement Fatty Acids With Coronary RiskChristine Dawczynski, PhD, Marcus E. Kleber, PhD, Winfried März, PhD, Gerhard Jahreis, PhD, and Stefan Lorkowski, PhDChristine Dawczynski, PhDFrom Institute of Nutrition, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, and Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.Search for more papers by this author, Marcus E. Kleber, PhDFrom Institute of Nutrition, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, and Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.Search for more papers by this author, Winfried März, PhDFrom Institute of Nutrition, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, and Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.Search for more papers by this author, Gerhard Jahreis, PhDFrom Institute of Nutrition, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, and Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.Search for more papers by this author, and Stefan Lorkowski, PhDFrom Institute of Nutrition, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, and Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L14-5018-2 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Chowdhury and colleagues (1) analyzed 8 studies to assess the association between circulating blood levels of SFAs and RR for coronary outcomes (1). From our point of view, the results of NSHDS (Northern Sweden Health and Disease Study) and VIP (Västerbotten Intervention Program) have been misinterpreted, and the studies should be excluded for the following reasons.First, data from VIP (2, 3) have been included in the evaluation of NSHDS results (4). Second, VIP and NSHDS assessed the association between high intake of SFAs from dairy products (indicated by pentadecanoic acid [C15:0] and heptadecanoic acid [C17:0] or ...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. Hallgren CG, Hallmans G, Jansson JH, Marklund SL, Huhtasaari F, Schütz A, et al. Markers of high fish intake are associated with decreased risk of a first myocardial infarction. Br J Nutr. 2001;86:397-404. 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