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Exhibit 606

The diet and 15-year death rate in the seven countries study

Exhibit 606 · Cohort study

The diet and 15-year death rate in the seven countries study

Causal relationships are not claimed but consideration of characteristics of populations as well as of individuals within populations is urged in evaluating risks.

Fifteen cohorts, 11,579 men aged 40-59 at entry, 2,288 deaths in 15 years. Cohort death rates related positively to average saturated-fat share of energy and negatively to monounsaturated fat; unrelated to carbohydrate share. Cross-population comparison, 'causal relationships are not claimed'.

Source
Keys A, Menotti A, Karvonen MJ, et al.; American Journal of Epidemiology 124(6):903-915
Date
December 1986
Quoted from
Abstract, final sentence
Grade
Peer-reviewed
Document
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a114480
Accessed
2026-11-09
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Finding AGR-2.13
Peer-reviewed The Seven Countries Study followed 12,763 men in 16 cohorts in seven countries, and its authors’ 1986 report on 15 years of follow-up relates cohort death rates to dietary saturated fat while stating that causal relationships are not claimed.