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Meta-Analysis
. 2000 Mar 25;320(7238):861-4.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.320.7238.861.

Plant sterol and stanol margarines and health

M Law  1
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Meta-Analysis

Plant sterol and stanol margarines and health

M Law. BMJ. .
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Results of randomised double blind trials of margarines with and without added plant sterols or stanols showing the reduction in serum concentrations of low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (95% confidence intervals) plotted against the daily dose. The data are from the table
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