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The major evidence for the effect of trans fat on CAD comes from the [[Nurses' Health Study]] – a [[cohort study]] that has been following 120,000 female nurses since its inception in 1976. In this study, Hu and colleagues analyzed data from 900 coronary events from the study's [[statistical population|population]] during 14 years of followup. He determined that a nurse's CAD risk roughly doubled ([[relative risk]] of 1.93, [[confidence interval|CI]]: 1.43 to 2.61) for each 2% increase in trans fat calories consumed (instead of carbohydrate calories). By contrast, for each 5% increase in saturated fat calories (instead of carbohydrate calories) there was a 17% increase in risk ([[relative risk]] of 1.17, [[confidence interval|CI]]: 0.97 to 1.41). "The replacement of saturated fat or trans unsaturated fat by cis (unhydrogenated) unsaturated fats was associated with larger reductions in risk than an isocaloric replacement by carbohydrates." Hu also reports on the benefits of reducing trans fat consumption. Replacing 2% of [[food energy]] from trans fat with non-trans [[unsaturated fat]]s more than halves the risk of CAD (53%). By comparison, replacing a larger 5% of food energy from saturated fat with non-trans unsaturated fats reduces the risk of CAD by 43%.

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