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Table 3 Palm Oil Consumption and IHD and Stroke Mortality Rates

From: Multi-Country analysis of palm oil consumption and cardiovascular disease mortality for countries at different stages of economic development: 1980-1997

 

IHD Mortality Rate (per 100,000 adults age ≥ 50 years)

Stroke Mortality Rate (per 100,000 adults age ≥ 50 years)

Palm oil consumption (kg per-capita)

17.0

[5 - 29]

5.1

[-1.2 - 11]

Additional effect of palm oil in developing countries (kg per-capita)

51

[3.9 - 98]

13

[-18 - 45]

Cigarette consumption (pieces per-capita)

0.05

[-0.15 - 0.25]

-0.08

[-0.19 - 0.02]

Log per-capita GDP (%)

-2,132

[-3,130 - -1,133]

-930

[-1,307 - -552]

1980s (compared to 1990s)

-166

[-349 - 17]

-70

[-135 - -4.1]

R-squared

0.58

0.54

Observations (country-years)

234

234

Number of countries

23

23

  1. Regressions use robust standard errors clustered by country