Comparison of the amount of cholesterol eaten per day by patients with coronary heart disease and age-and sex-matched control individuals in ten studies.
CHOLESTEROL EATEN PER DAY, IN MG
The first figure in each line is for patients with coronary heart disease; The second figure is for healthy subjects.
(1) Male Chicago workers 721 / 757
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(2a) Framingham citizens men 708 / 716
(2b) women 520 / 477(3a) Puerto Rican men urban 449 / 442
(3b) rural 335 / 358
(4a) Framingham citizens 534 / 529
(4b) Puerto Ricans 419 / 417
(4c) Honolulu citizens 549 / 555
(5) Honolulu citizens 558 / 552
(6) Men from Zutphen, The Netherlands 446 / 429
(7) Irish men from Ireland and the US 854 / 832
(8a) Citizens from Rancho Bernardo, California, USA men 470 / 409
(8b) women 226 / 309
(9a) Participants in the LRC study age 30-59 427 / 416
(9b) age 60-79 423 / 355
(10a) Hawaiian citizens Hawaiian men 510 / 680
(10b) Japanese men 466 / 587
Average daily cholesterol consumption:
Those with heart disease 506 mg
Those without heart disease 518 mg
It can be seen that patients with coronary heart disease eat LESS dietary cholesterol than the healthy subjects.
