The serum LDL/HDL cholesterol ratio is influenced more favorably by exchanging saturated with unsaturated fat than by reducing saturated fat in the diet of women

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 78-83

  Müller, Hanne ^a   Lindman, Anja S ^a   Brantsætert, Anne Lise ^b   Pedersen, Jan I ^a,b  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein A I; Apolipoprotein B; Coconut oil; Lauric acid; Myristic acid

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CARBOHYDRATE; COCONUT OIL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LAURIC ACID; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID DIET; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOW FAT DIET; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0037224627     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.1.78     Document Type: Article

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