 2017; <span class="citation">Dehghan et al. (<a href="#ref-dehg:ment:zhan:2017" role="doc-biblioref">2017</a>)</span>), the PURE investigators reported an analysis of how intake of various classes of macronutrients (including saturated fats and carbohydrates) was related to the likelihood of dying during the time that people were followed. People were followed for a <em>median</em> of 7.4 years, meaning that half of the people in the study were followed for less and half were followed for more than 7.4 yea