Consumption of dietary vegetable fat and cardiovascular disease.

Vegetable fat and total cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Data about the relation between vegetable fat consumption and total cardiovascular disease was provided by one cohort, including women with type 2 diabetes only (Tanasescu M [13]). No significant association was found: RR = 0.75 (0.53-1.06; P = 0.12).


Vegetable fat and coronary heart disease (CHD).

Results: Data was provided by 4 cohorts, including 2,192 cases.
A significant protective effect was found in one cohort of large size (Halton TL [13]). No other associations were found. The average RR could not be calculated because the number of cases + the RR was available from one cohort only.
Effect modification: No data was found.
Subjects with prevalent disease: No data was found.

Conclusion: A significant protective effec was found in 1 out of 4 cohorts. Inconclusive evidence was found for an association between vegetable fat consumption and coronary heart disease.

Prospective studies of dietary vegetable fat and coronary heart disease:
AuthorCohort nameCasesEnd pointRelative Risk (RR)
13) Halton TL (2006)The Nurses' Health Study1,994RiskRR = 0.75 (0.57-0.98).
9) Tanaka H (1987)The Shibata StudyNot definedRiskRR = 1.51
8) Kushi LH (1985)The Ireland-Boston Diet-Heart Study110MortalityNo significant association (P = 0.83).
1) Oglesby P (1963)The Western Electric Study88RiskNo significant association.
Total number of cases: 2,192Average RR = ?

Vegetable fat and stroke.

Results: Data was provided by 2 cohorts, including 640 cases.
No significant associations were found. The average RR = 1.08.
Effect modification: No data was found.
Subjects with prevalent disease: No data was found.

Conclusion: No associations were found. No evidence was found for an association between vegetable fat consumption and stroke.

Prospective studies of dietary vegetable fat and stroke:
AuthorCohort nameCasesEnd pointRelative Risk (RR)
30) Sauvaget C (2004)The Adult Health Study60Ischemic stroke mortalityRH = 1.43 (0.69-2.95; P = 0.32).
13) He K (2003)The Health Professionals Follow Up Study455 ischemic stroke, and

125 hemorrhagic stroke
RiskIschemic stroke: RR = 1.09 (0.78-1.51; P = 0.79).

Hemorrhagic stroke: RR = 0.86 (0.45-1.64; P = 0.80).
Total number of cases: 640Average RR = 1.08