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congenitally_deadpan t1_iujjewq wrote

Reply to comment by Dizzy_Ad_457 in Saturated fat from dairy sources is associated with lower cardiometabolic risk in the Framingham Offspring Study | The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition by sameer4justice

I think they used this term because the study did not look at actual outcomes such as heart attacts, but instead measured blood tests that might indicate an "atherogenic profile" i.e. findings felt to correlate with risk of atherosclerotic disease.

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