Why isn't the causal relationship between linoleic acid and mortalities from coronary heart disease and stroke revealed by clinical studies?

World Rev Nutr Diet. 2007:96:105-18. doi: 10.1159/000097810.
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Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Animals
  • Arachidonic Acid / metabolism
  • Coronary Artery Disease / chemically induced
  • Coronary Disease / mortality*
  • Diet
  • Dietary Fats / administration & dosage
  • Fatty Acids / blood
  • Fatty Acids, Omega-3 / administration & dosage
  • Fatty Acids, Omega-6 / administration & dosage
  • Fatty Acids, Omega-6 / blood
  • Fatty Acids, Omega-6 / metabolism
  • Greece / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Japan / epidemiology
  • Linoleic Acid / administration & dosage
  • Linoleic Acid / adverse effects*
  • Linoleic Acid / blood
  • Lipids / blood
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasms / chemically induced
  • Risk Factors
  • Stroke / epidemiology
  • Stroke / mortality*
  • United States / epidemiology
  • alpha-Linolenic Acid / administration & dosage
  • alpha-Linolenic Acid / blood

Substances

  • Dietary Fats
  • Fatty Acids
  • Fatty Acids, Omega-3
  • Fatty Acids, Omega-6
  • Lipids
  • alpha-Linolenic Acid
  • Arachidonic Acid
  • Linoleic Acid