Food Sources of Saturated Fat and the Association With Mortality

A Meta-Analysis

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ID11032650
AuthorsTherese A O’Sullivan (0000-0003-1003-854X, Therese A. O’Sullivan is with the School of Exercise and Health Science, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia and the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, West Perth. Katherine Hafekost, Francis Mitrou, and David Lawrence are with the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research.), Katherine Hafekost (0000-0002-3897-5087, Therese A. O’Sullivan is with the School of Exercise and Health Science, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia and the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, West Perth. Katherine Hafekost, Francis Mitrou, and David Lawrence are with the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research.), Francis Mitrou (0000-0002-6639-2030, Therese A. O’Sullivan is with the School of Exercise and Health Science, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia and the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Centre for Child Health Research, University of Western Australia, West Perth. Katherine Hafekost, Francis Mitrou, and David Lawrence are with the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research.), David Lawrence (0000-0001-5464-5830)
Year2013
Volume103
Issue9
Pagese31-e42
Publication date2013-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2013.301492
PMID23865702
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited50

We summarized the data related to foods high in saturated fat and risk of mortality. We searched Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, EMBASE, and ProQuest for studies from January 1952 to May 2012. We identified 26 publications with individual dietary data and all-cause, total cancer, or cardiovascular mortality as endpoints. Pooled relative risk estimates demonstrated that high intakes of milk, cheese, yogurt, and butter were not associated with a significantly increased risk of mortality compared with low intakes. High intakes of meat and processed meat were significantly associated with an increased risk of mortality but were associated with a decreased risk in a subanalysis of Asian studies. The overall quality of studies was variable. Associations varied by food group and population. This may be because of factors outside saturated fat content of individual foods. There is an ongoing need for improvement in assessment tools and methods that investigate food sources of saturated fat and mortality to inform dietary guidelines

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