Papers/PMID:24401818
Dietary iron intake and body iron stores are associated with risk of coronary heart disease in a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.
The Journal of nutrition2014The record
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iron(2+) — decreases incidence of coronary heart disease
Very limitedEvidence strength: very limited. Human evidence with major recorded weaknesses, or non-human, uncontrolled or unverified evidence.Finding“Heme iron was found to be positively associated with CHD incidence (RR: 1.57; 95% CI: 1.28, 1.94), whereas total iron was inversely associated (RR: 0.85; 95% CI: 0.73, 0.999).”
Quoted verbatim from Dietary iron intake and body iron stores are associated with risk of coronary heart disease in a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.. - Study
- meta-analysis
- Population
- Participants of 21 prospective cohort studies (32 cohorts, 292,454 participants); dietary total iron intake, highest versus lowest category
Effect 0.85 risk ratio, 95% CI 0.73 to 0.999
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