Figure 1. (IMAGE) Science China Press Caption Restricted cubic spline curves of the associations between egg consumption and risk of incident cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. A. Cardiovascular disease; B. All-cause mortality; C. Coronary Heart Disease; D. Stroke; E. Ischemic stroke; F. Hemorrhagic stroke. Adjusted for age, gender, cohort, urban or rural resident, per-capita household income, education attainment, tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, family history of CVD, physical activity, BMI and dietary factors (red meat intake, fresh fruit and vegetable intake). Hazard ratios were estimated by comparing to a reference consumption of 4 eggs/week. Solid lines represented point estimates of the hazard ratio and dashed lines represented 95% confidence intervals. Credit Science China Press Usage Restrictions Use with credit. License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.