Odds ratio for coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke according to blood fatty acids concentration. Results were pooled using random effect meta‐analysis and are expressed as odds ratio (and 95% confidence interval) per standard deviation unit increase in blood fatty acids concentration (CHD analysis, N=3022 cases and 13 104 controls; stroke analysis, N=1606 cases and 13 369 controls). Each standard unit corresponds to ≈0.06 mmol/L for DHA, 0.7 for LA, 1.0 for MUFAs, and 1.1 for SFAs. Model 0 (M0): unadjusted model; Model 1 (M1): adjusted for recruitment place, demographic and lifestyle variables (age, sex, non‐European ancestry, smoking, alcohol drinking, and body mass index); Model 2 (M2): adjusted for variables in M1 plus other fatty acids. CHD indicates coronary heart disease; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; FA, fatty acid; LA, linoleic acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; OR, odds ratio; SFA, saturated fatty acids.