Chocolate consumption and risk of cardiovascular diseases: a meta-analysis of prospective studies

Studies investigating the impact of chocolate consumption on cardiovascular disease (CVD) have reached inconsistent conclusions. As such, a quantitative assessment of the dose-response association between chocolate consumption and incident CVD has not been reported. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies assessing the risk of CVD with chocolate consumption.PubMed and EMBASE databases were searched for articles published up...