Dietary-atherosclerosis study on deceased persons.

Relation of certain market foods to raised coronary lesions. By M. C. Moore, M. A. Guzmán, P. E. Schilling, and J. P. Strong, J. Am. Dietet. A. 79:668, 1981. Dietary patterns of 253 deceased men, as reported by their spouses, were related significantly to atherosclerotic lesions when assessed by the food sources in their diets. Using the macronutrients--protein, fat and carbohydrate--to identify and quantify the food sources in their diets, researchers found lesser lesions to be related to intakes of legumes, grains, and vegetables, while higher lesions were related, but to a lesser degree, to intakes of beef, milk, and fruit. It is concluded that dietary mixing of foods could have either enhanced or obscured the degree of these relationships.