Reply to DR Merkle

Affiliations

¹ Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.
² Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (LVH).
³ National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (JER).
⁴ MedStar Health Research Institute and Georgetown/Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Washington, DC (BVH).

Comment

Ross L Prentice et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2018.

. 2018 Feb 1;107(2):297-298.

doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqx040.

¹ Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.
² Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (LVH).
³ National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (JER).
⁴ MedStar Health Research Institute and Georgetown/Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Research, Washington, DC (BVH).

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Comment on

Low-fat dietary pattern and cardiovascular disease: results from the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trial.
Prentice RL, Aragaki AK, Van Horn L, Thomson CA, Beresford SA, Robinson J, Snetselaar L, Anderson GL, Manson JE, Allison MA, Rossouw JE, Howard BV. Prentice RL, et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017 Jul;106(1):35-43. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.117.153270. Epub 2017 May 17. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017. PMID: 28515068 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
Letter in response to "Low-fat dietary pattern and cardiovascular disease: results from the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trial", July 2017.
Merkle DR. Merkle DR. Am J Clin Nutr. 2018 Feb 1;107(2):296-297. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqx039. Am J Clin Nutr. 2018. PMID: 29529154 No abstract available.

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