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Serum taurine and risk of coronary heart disease: a prospective, nested case-control study.

European journal of nutrition2013The record ↗

  1. Finding, limited evidenceno difference foundIncidence of coronary heart disease

No finding here moved its endpoint.

What did not

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  • No detected effect on incidence of coronary heart disease

    limited

    “Overall, there was no statistically significant association between the risk of CHD and serum taurine levels (Table 3).”
    Study
    case-control
    Population
    women aged 34 to 65 at enrolment in the New York University Women's Health Study; nested case-control of 223 CHD cases and 223 matched controls, pre-diagnostic serum taurine averaged over two yearly samples

Study record

Design
case-control study
Species
human
Population
Women in the New York University Women's Health Study: 223 CHD cases and 223 matched controls
Participants
446
Comparator
observational
Duration
not reported
Endpoints measured
18