A Walnut Diet Improves Endothelial Function in Hypercholesterolemic Subjects: A Randomized Crossover Trial

Circulation

Volumn 109, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1609-1614

  Ros, Emilio ^a   Núñez, Isabel ^a   Pérez Heras, Ana ^a   Serra, Mercè ^a   Gilabert, Rosa ^a   Casals, Elena ^a   Deulofeu, Ramón ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Diet; Endothelium; Hypercholesterolemia; Lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LINOLENIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CELL FUNCTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET RESTRICTION; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; FEMALE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPAIN; VASODILATATION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX; WALNUT;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ARGININE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY FATS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE-1; VASODILATION;

EID: 1842474734     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000124477.91474.FF     Document Type: Article

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