Poultry and cardiovascular disease.

Total CVD: Data was provided by one cohort. No association was found between chicken consumption and total CVD risk (Panagiotakos D [23]).
CHD: Data was provided by 5 cohorts. No association was found between chicken consumption and CHD risk (Fraser GE [1]), or CHD mortality (Albert CM [10], Whiteman D [12], Kelemen LE [17] Iso H [19]).
Stroke: Data was provided by 4 cohorts. A significantly increased risk of stroke mortality was found in one cohort (Sauvaget C [15]). But no associations were found with stroke mortality (Ross RK [9], Iso H [19]) or stroke risk (Iso H [6]) in the other cohorts.

Conclusion: Chicken consumption increased stroke mortality in one cohort, but risk increased at the highest level of consumption only (almost daily). No other associations were found. No evidence was found for an association between chicken consumption and CVD.