The serum cholesterol ester fatty acid composition but not the serum concentration of alpha tocopherol predicts the development of myocardial infarction in 50-year-old men: 19 years follow-up

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-71

  Öhrvall, Margareta ^a   Berglund, Lars ^a   Salminen, Irma ^b   Lithell, Hans ^a   Aro, Antti ^b   Vessby, Bengt ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

fatty acid composition; LDL HDL ratio; myocardial infarction; systolic blood pressure; tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; FATTY ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MYRISTIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; TOCOPHEROL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATTY ACIDS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0030588663     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(96)05936-9     Document Type: Article

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