Research
Macro partitioning
The combination of a high 'prudent' diet score and a low 'Western' diet score yields the lowest relative risk of coronary heart disease (RR 0.64) compared to other dietary pattern combinations.
For the best heart health outcomes, combine the benefits of a 'prudent' diet (more plants, fish, poultry) with the avoidance of a 'Western' diet (less red meat, processed foods, sweets). This dual approach offers the greatest reduction in coronary heart disease risk.
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Those who were jointly in the highest prudent diet quintile and lowest Western diet quintile had an RR of 0.64 (95% CI, 0.44-0.92) compared with those with the opposite pattern profile.
Why this rating
Large prospective cohort, long follow-up, multivariate adjustment, but observational design.
Source
Dietary Patterns and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Women
Teresa T. Fung et al. · Archives of Internal Medicine · 2001
cohort · n=69017Cited 554×
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