This study was published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2010 Oct;92(4):759-65
Study title and authors:
Dietary intake of saturated fatty acids and mortality from cardiovascular disease in Japanese: the Japan Collaborative Cohort Study for Evaluation of Cancer Risk (JACC) Study.
Yamagishi K, Iso H, Yatsuya H, Tanabe N, Date C, Kikuchi S, Yamamoto A, Inaba Y, Tamakoshi A
Department of Public Health Medicine, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, and Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20685950
This study investigated the association of saturated fat intake and the risk of death cardiovascular diseases. The study included 58,453 participants, aged 40 to 79 years, who were followed for up to 14.1 years.
The study found:
(a) Those who consumed the most saturated fat had a 31% decreased risk of death from all strokes compared to those who consumed the least saturated fat.
(b) Those who consumed the most saturated fat had a 48% decreased risk of death from intraparenchymal haemorrhage compared to those who consumed the least saturated fat. (Intraparenchymal haemorrhage is bleeding within the brain tissue).
(c) Those who consumed the most saturated fat had a 9% decreased risk of death from subarachnoid hemorrhage compared to those who consumed the least saturated fat. (Subarachnoid hemorrhage is bleeding into the two membranes that surround the brain).
(d) Those who consumed the most saturated fat had a 42% decreased risk of death from ischemic stroke compared to those who consumed the least saturated fat. (Ischemic stroke occurs when an artery to the brain is blocked).
(e) Those who consumed the most saturated fat had a 7% decreased risk of death from heart disease compared to those who consumed the least saturated fat.
(f) Those who consumed the most saturated fat had a 1% decreased risk of death from heart failure compared to those who consumed the least saturated fat.
(g) Those who consumed the most saturated fat had an 18% decreased risk of death from all cardiovascular diseases compared to those who consumed the least saturated fat.
Links to other studies:
Middle-aged men and women who consume the most saturated fat live longer and have a reduced risk of dying from cardiovascular diseases
Saturated fat consumption is associated with a reduced risk of stroke
High saturated fat diets reduce the risk of intraparenchymal haemorrhage
