Linolzuur via voeding verlaagt coronaire hartziekten
Research Question:
Eating linoleic acid lowers the chances of getting coronary heart disease?
Study Design:
This overview article contained 2 nested case-control studies and cohort studies 2. The average age ranged between 50 and 60 years and the average follow-up duration was 5-34 years.
Results and conclusions:
The researchers found that every increase of the linoleic acid content with 5% the chances of getting coronary heart disease significantly with 9% [RR = 0.91, 95% CI = 0.84-0.98] reduced.