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No significant association was found between dietary carbohydrate and CVD mortality (HR=1.02; 95% CI: 0.91, 1.14).

Dietary carbohydrate intake may not significantly impact CVD mortality, suggesting other factors may be more influential.

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but no association was observed between dietary carbohydrate and CVD mortality (HR = 1.02; 95% CI: 0.91, 1.14; I2=27.1%, derived from 8 effect sizes with 106,412 events).
Noushin Mohammadifard et al. · Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition · 2021

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Based on the meta-analysis of multiple cohort studies.

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Longitudinal association of dietary carbohydrate and the risk cardiovascular disease: a dose-response meta-analysis

Noushin Mohammadifard et al. · Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition · 2021

DOI 10.1080/10408398.2021.1900057

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