High consumption of ultra-processed food may double the risk of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis: the Aragon Workers' Health Study (AWHS).
Henry Montero-SalazarCarolina Donat-VargasBelén Moreno-FrancoHelena Sandoval-InsaustiFernando CiveiraMartín LaclaustraPilar Guallar-CastillónPublished in: BMC medicine (2020)
In this middle-aged worker's sample, approximately 500 g/day of UPF consumption was associated with a 2-fold greater prevalence of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis than consuming only 100 g/day, independently of total energy intake and other well-established cardiovascular risk factors.
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