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Coronary Heart Disease
Middle-aged women with relatively high heme iron intake have increased CHD risk
January 27th, 2005
In a study of women ages 49 to 70, relatively high intake of dietary heme iron was associated with higher risk of coronary heart disease. According to Daphne L. van der A and colleagues, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands, "A role for iron in the risk of ischemic heart disease has been supported by in vitro and in vivo studies. We investigated whether dietary heme iron intake is associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) risk in a large population-based cohort of middle-aged women." The researchers collected data on 16,136 women aged 49-70 years at recruitment between 1993 and 1997. Follow-up was complete until 1 January 2000 and...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-01-27)
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