Egg consumption in relation to cardiovascular disease and mortality: the story gets more complex.

Conducted in the United States, the prospective cohort study of 21,327 participants from Physicians' Health Study I, egg consumption was assessed with an abbreviated food questionnaire. Cox regression was used to estimate relative risks. The data for LDL cholesterol and many other important covariates that relate to CVD risk were not available in this report. The study also suffers from the lack of detailed dietary information that may confound the interpretation, such as patterns of dietary intake. The study shows that frequent egg consumption is positively related to all-cause mortality, particularly among diabetic subjects.