If you already have high blood cholesterol, eating more eggs might increase your death risk, but if your cholesterol is normal, eggs might actually be protective
Evidence from Studies
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What Would Prove This
Per GRADE and EBM methodology, here is what ideal scientific evidence would look like to definitively prove or disprove this claim, ordered from strongest to weakest.
Consistency of hypercholesterolemia as effect modifier across studies
Systematic review of prospective studies stratified by baseline hypercholesterolemia status
Causal effect of egg consumption in hypercholesterolemic vs normocholesterolemic individuals
RCT enrolling both hypercholesterolemic and normocholesterolemic participants, randomized to egg consumption vs control, with subgroup analysis
Prospective association between egg intake and outcomes by baseline cholesterol status
Large cohort with pre-specified stratification by hypercholesterolemia status and interaction testing
Retrospective assessment in hypercholesterolemic cases
Case-control with stratification by cholesterol status
Cross-sectional association between egg consumption and cholesterol levels
Cross-sectional analysis