Research

Macro partitioning

The association between egg consumption and CVD/mortality is largely explained by the dietary cholesterol content within the eggs, as the association becomes non-significant when adjusting for total dietary cholesterol.

If you eat eggs, be mindful of your total dietary cholesterol intake. The risk associated with eggs appears to come from their cholesterol content, so balancing egg intake with other cholesterol-containing foods is key to managing CVD risk.

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The associations between egg consumption and incident CVD... and all-cause mortality... were no longer significant after adjusting for dietary cholesterol consumption.
Victor W. Zhong et al. · JAMA · 2019

Why this rating

Same robust cohort data as N1, with additional multivariate adjustment.

Source

Associations of Dietary Cholesterol or Egg Consumption With Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality

Victor W. Zhong et al. · JAMA · 2019

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