Dietary fat consumption and primary open-angle glaucoma

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 755-764

  Kang, Jae H ^a,b,e   Pasquale, Louis R ^b,c   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Rosner, Bernard A ^a,b   Egan, Kathleen M ^a,c   Faberowski, Nicholaus ^d   Hankinson, Susan E ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary fats; Food frequency questionnaire; Health Professionals Follow Up Study; Nurses' Health Study; Primary open angle glaucoma; Prospective studies; Unsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

FAT; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; EDIBLE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AGED; BIOSYNTHESIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIET; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DINOPROST; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442438755     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/79.5.755     Document Type: Article

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