Abstract P273: Dietary Saturated Fatty Acids and Coronary Heart Disease Risk in a Dutch Elderly Population: Food Source and Carbon Chain Length Matter

Introduction: The association between dietary saturated fatty acids (SFA) and the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) is heavily debated and appears to be more complex than initially thought. The food source and carbon chain length of SFA, as well as the macronutrient replacing SFA in the diet may affect the association between dietary SFA and CHD. Hypothesis: We assessed the hypothesis that the association between dietary SFA and incident CHD...