The American Heart Association advisory on n-6 fatty acids: evidence based or biased evidence?

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Revisiting Bill Lands' Hypotheses: HUFA Balance, Immuno-Metabolic Regulation, and Conflicting Clinical Evidence.Nutrients · 2026
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2. Dietary LA and sex effects on oxylipin profiles in rat kidney, liver, and serum differ from their effects on PUFAs.Journal of lipid research · 2017
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3. Omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids: is a broad cholesterol-lowering health claim appropriate?CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2014
   Review
4. Polyunsaturated fatty acids and peripheral artery disease.Vascular medicine (London, England) · 2012
   Review
5. Markers of endogenous desaturase activity and risk of coronary heart disease in the CAREMA cohort study.PloS one · 2012
   Article

Corrections and comments

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  n-6 fatty acid-specific and mixed polyunsaturate dietary interventions have different effects on CHD risk: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.2010

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