American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 145, No. 10: 876-887
Copyright © 1997 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health
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Intake of Fatty Acids and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in a Cohort of Finnish Men: The Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention Study
1Department of Nutrition, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
2Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
3Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
Reprint requests to Dr. Pirjo Pietinen, Department of Nutrition, National Public Health Institute, Mannerheimintie 166, FIN-00300 Helsinki, Finland.
The relation of intakes of specific fatty acids and the risk of coronary heart disease was examined in a cohort of 21,930 smoking men aged 5069 years who were initially free of diagnosed cardiovascular disease. All men participated in the Finnish Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention Study and completed a detailed and validated dietary questionnaire at baseline. After 6.1 years of follow-up from 19851988, the authors documented 1,399 major coronary events and 635 coronary deaths. After controlling for age, supplement group, several coronary risk factors, total energy, and fiber intake, the authors observed a significant positive association between the intake of trans-fatty acids and the risk of coronary death. For men in the top quintile of trans-fatty acid intake (median = 6.2 g/day), the multivariate relative risk of coronary death was 1.39 (95% confidence interval (Cl) 1.091.78) (p for trend = 0.004) as compared with men in the lowest quintile of intake (median = 1.3 g/day). The intake of omega-3 fatty acids from fish was also directly related to the risk of coronary death in the multivariate model adjusting also for frans-saturated and c/s-monounsat-urated fatty acids (relative risk (RR) = 1.30, 95% Cl 1.011.67) (p for trend = 0.06 for men in the highest quintile of intake compared with the lowest). There was no association between intakes of saturated or c/s-monounsaturated fatty acids, linoleic or linolenic acid, or dietary cholesterol and the risk of coronary deaths. All the associations were similar but somewhat weaker for all major coronary events. Am J Epidemiol 1997; 145: 87687.
cardiovascular diseases; diet; fats; lipids; mortality
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