Browsing by Author "Mozaffarian, Dariush"
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Plasma Phospholipid Saturated Fatty Acids and Incident Atrial Fibrillation: The Cardiovascular Health Study
Fretts, Amanda M.; Mozaffarian, Dariush; Siscovick, David S.; Djousse, Luc; Heckbert, Susan R.; King, Irena B.; McKnight, Barbara; Sitlani, Colleen; Sacks, Frank M.; Song, Xiaoling; Sotoodehnia, Nona; Spiegelman, Donna; Wallace, Erin R.; Lemaitre, Rozenn N. (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2014)Background: Prior studies suggest that circulating fatty acids may influence the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF), but little is known about the associations of circulating saturated fatty acids with risk of AF. Methods ... -
Plasma Phospholipid Trans‐Fatty Acids Levels, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Total Mortality: The Cardiovascular Health Study
Wang, Qianyi; Imamura, Fumiaki; Lemaitre, Rozenn N.; Rimm, Eric B.; Wang, Molin; King, Irena B.; Song, Xiaoling; Siscovick, David; Mozaffarian, Dariush (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2014)Background: While self‐reported trans–fatty acid (TFA) consumption is linked to coronary heart disease (CHD), relationships between objective biomarkers of TFA subtypes (t‐16:1n9, total t‐18:1, and cis/trans‐(c/t‐), t/c‐ ... -
Processing of meats and cardiovascular risk: time to focus on preservatives
Micha, Renata; Michas, Georgios; Lajous, Martin; Mozaffarian, Dariush (BioMed Central, 2013)Dietary guidelines emphasize selecting lean (low-fat) meats to reduce saturated fat and cholesterol, but growing evidence suggests that health effects may relate to other ingredients, such as sodium, heme iron, or L-carnitine. ... -
Saturated Fat and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors, Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke, and Diabetes: A Fresh Look at the Evidence
Micha, Renata; Mozaffarian, Dariush (Springer-Verlag, 2010)Dietary and policy recommendations frequently focus on reducing saturated fatty acid consumption for improving cardiometabolic health, based largely on ecologic and animal studies. Recent advances in nutritional science ... -
Toenail Selenium and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in U.S. Men and Women
Park, Kyong; Rimm, Eric B.; Siscovick, David S.; Spiegelman, Donna; Manson, JoAnn E.; Morris, J. Steven; Hu, Frank B.; Mozaffarian, Dariush (American Diabetes Association, 2012)OBJECTIVE Compelling biological pathways suggest that selenium (Se) may lower onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), but very few studies have evaluated this relationship, with mixed results. We examined the association ... -
Trends in Trans Fatty Acids Reformulations of US Supermarket and Brand-Name Foods From 2007 Through 2011
Otite, Fadar O.; Jacobson, Michael F.; Dahmubed, Aspan; Mozaffarian, Dariush (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013)Introduction: Although some US food manufacturers have reduced trans fatty acids (TFA) in their products, it is unknown how much TFA is being reduced, whether pace of reformulation has changed over time, or whether ... -
The ω-3 fatty acids for Prevention of Post-Operative Atrial Fibrillation trial—rationale and design
Mozaffarian, Dariush; Marchioli, Roberto; Gardner, Tim; Ferrazzi, Paolo; O'Gara, Patrick Thomas; Latini, Roberto; Libby, Peter; Lombardi, Federico; Macchia, Alejandro; Page, Richard; Santini, Massimo; Tavazzi, Luigi; Tognoni, Gianni (Elsevier BV, 2011)Postoperative atrial fibrillation/flutter (PoAF) commonly complicates cardiac surgery, occurring in 25% to 60% of patients. Postoperative atrial fibrillation/flutter is associated with significant morbidity, higher long-term ...