The association between carbohydrate-rich foods and risk of cardiovascular disease is not modified by genetic susceptibility to dyslipidemia as determined by 80 validated variants.

It is still unclear whether carbohydrate consumption is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Genetic susceptibility might modify the associations between dietary intakes and disease risk.The aim was to examine the association between the consumption of carbohydrate-rich foods (vegetabl...

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Main Authors: Emily Sonestedt, Sophie Hellstrand, Christina-Alexandra Schulz, Peter Wallström, Isabel Drake, Ulrika Ericson, Bo Gullberg, Bo Hedblad, Marju Orho-Melander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4405383?pdf=render