Dietary vitamin A may be a cardiovascular risk factor in a Saudi population

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-144

  Alissa, Eman M ^a,b   Bahjri, Suhad M ^a   Al Ama, Nabeel ^a,d   Ahmed, Waqar H ^a,c   Starkey, Bryan ^b   Ferns, Gordon A A ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c KING FAHD ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Coronary atherosclerosis; Coronary disease; Dietary antioxidant vitamin intake; Jeddah; Lipid peroxides; Oxidative stress; Risk factors; Saudi Arabia; Vitamins A, C, and E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENOID; CHOLESTEROL; FAT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LIPID PEROXIDE; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; RETINOL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; ETHNIC GROUP; FAT INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT; POPULATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING HABIT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTENOIDS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY FATS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SMOKING; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E;

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