The Claim
In Mongolian adults with type 2 diabetes, serum ferritin does not significantly mediate the association between meat intake and cardiovascular risk, as indicated by a non-significant indirect effect in mediation analysis, despite significant direct paths from meat intake to ferritin levels and from ferritin to Framingham Risk Score.
What the research says
Supports is higher
Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.
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In Mongolian adults with type 2 diabetes, eating meat affects both ferritin levels and heart disease risk, but ferritin doesn’t seem to be the reason for that link.
See the scientific wording
In Mongolian adults with type 2 diabetes, ferritin does not significantly mediate the relationship between meat intake and cardiovascular risk, as the indirect effect in mediation analysis was not statistically significant despite a significant direct path from meat intake to ferritin and from ferritin to Framingham Risk Score.
What the research says
1 studyThe study shows that while eating more meat raises ferritin and higher ferritin is linked to heart disease risk, ferritin doesn’t actually play a major role in connecting meat to that risk in people with diabetes in Mongolia.
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