Reduction of Serum Cholesterol with Sitostanol-Ester Margarine in a Mildly Hypercholesterolemic Population

1995743 citationsJournal Article

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Tatu A. Miettinen · University of Helsinki

Erkki Vartiainen · Public Health Institute

Abstract

Substituting sitostanol-ester margarine for part of the daily fat intake in subjects with mild hypercholesterolemia was effective in lowering serum total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol.

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Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism Natural Products and Biological Research Fatty Acid Research and Health

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Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 333, Issue 20, pp. 1308-1312

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199511163332002

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Reduction of Serum Cholesterol with Sitostanol-Ester Margarine in a Mildly Hypercholesterolemic Population

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