Determinants of serum triglycerides and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in traditional Trobriand Islanders: The Kitava Study

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 175-180

  Lindeberg, Staffan ^a   Ahren B ^a   Nilsson, A ^a   Cordain, L ^b   Nilsson Ehle, P ^c   Vessby, B ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Diet; Epidemiology; Lipid transport; Lipoproteins; Metabolic syndrome; Westernization

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0038468637     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510310000268     Document Type: Article

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