Review Article

Industrial Trans Fatty Acid and Serum Cholesterol: The Allowable Dietary Level

Table 3

Serum LDL- and HDL-cholesterol levels per quintile of trans fatty acid (TFA) intake.

Quintiles of TFA for trend
Q1Q2Q3Q4Q5

Mozaffarian et al. [41]
 TFA intake, g/d1.82.32.73.13.9
 LDL-C, mg/dL118115123118122
 HDL-C, mg/dL7066636363<0.001
 LDL:HDL ratio1.81.92.12.12.1<0.01
van de Vijver et al. [42]
 TFA intake, g/d0.71.41.92.64.4
 LDL-C, mg/dL1471541501431430.62
 HDL-C, mg/dL58585658580.27
 LDL:HDL ratio2.722.82.92.72.70.58

fatty acid intake: saturated; 20 g/day (9.9% E), n-6; 10 g/day (5.0% E), n-3; 1.2 g/day (0.6% E), P/S; 0.56. fatty acid intake: saturated; 30.4 g/day (12.5% E), monounsaturated; 29.3 g/day (12.2% E), polyunsaturated; 11.5 g/day (4.7% E), P/S; 0.38.