Plasma phospholipid trans fatty acids and risk of heart failure

Although trans fatty acids (TFAs) may increase the risk of dyslipidemia and coronary artery disease (CAD), limited data are available on their association with heart failure (HF).Our goal was to assess associations of plasma and dietary TFAs with HF and CAD.We used a prospective, nested case-control design to select 788 incident HF cases and 788 matched controls from the Physicians' Health Study for biomarker analyses and a prospective cohort...