Intake of unsaturated fatty acids and HDL cholesterol levels are associated with manifestations of atopy in adults

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1360-1367

  Schäfer, Torsten ^a   Ruhdorfer, S ^b   Weigl, L ^b   Wessner, D ^b   Heinrich, J ^c   Doring A ^c   Wichmann, H E ^c,d   Ring, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adults; Allergic sensitization; Allergy; Cholesterol; Epidemiology; PUFA

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SENSITIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0142105938     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2003.01780.x     Document Type: Article

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