Dietary fat, fatty acid composition in plasma and the metabolic syndrome

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-19

  Vessby, Bengt ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dietary fat; Insulin resistance; Metabolic syndrome; Plasma fatty acid composition

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; PALMITIC ACID;

BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAT INTAKE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID COMPOSITION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH;

DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X;

EID: 0037312745     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041433-200302000-00004     Document Type: Review

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