Ratio of n-6 to n-3 fatty acids and bone mineral density in older adults: The Rancho Bernardo study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 934-938

  Weiss, Lauren A ^a   Barrett Connor, Elizabeth ^a   Von Mühlen, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; n 3 Fatty acids; n 6 fatty acids; Older adults; Osteoporosis; Rancho Bernardo

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HIP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 17844365292     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/81.4.934     Document Type: Article

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