title: Supplemental plant sterols and stanols for serum cholesterol and cardiovascular disease.
abstract: This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To determine the effects of phytosterols, phytostanols or their esters, ingested in supplemented foods, on blood cholesterol concentrations and cardiovascular disease;To look for adverse effects e.g. on nutritional status or physiological function;To study/comment on, possible effects of cost.
authors.affiliation: c/o Cochrane Heart Group, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Potter
authors.affiliation: c/o Cochrane Heart Group, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.affiliation: Anglesey Local Health Board, Wales, UK.
authors.forename: Pauline
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rigby
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Health Policy & Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
authors.forename: Lee
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hooper