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Table 5 Univariate Relationships of Palm Oil Consumption and Other Sources of Dietary Saturated Fat and Per-capita GDP

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

 

Palm oil consumption (kg per-capita)

P-value

95% Confidence Interval

Per-capita coconut oil consumption (kg)

-1.58

0.09

[-3.44 - 0.28]

Per-capita beef consumption (kg)

-0.06

0.42

[-0.19 - 0.08]

Per-capita milk consumption (kg)

0.00

0.66

[-0.01 - 0.01]

Per-capita butter consumption (kg)

0.02

0.77

[-0.13 - 0.18]

Per-capita cheese consumption (kg)

0.14

0.44

[-0.22 - 0.50]

Per-capita pork consumption (kg)

0.08

0.002

[0.03 - 0.13]

Per-capita chicken consumption (kg)

0.03

0.70

[-0.13 - 0.19]

Per-capita GDP (2005 international $)*

8.61

0.01

[2.01 - 15.20]

  1. * Per-capita GDP is logged transformed so the coefficient can be interpreted as increases in per-capita consumption of palm oil for each percent increase in per-capita GDP.