Effects of a Mediterranean-inspired diet on blood lipids, vascular function and oxidative stress in healthy subjects

Clinical Science

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 519-525

  Ambring, Anneli ^a   Friberg, Peter ^a   Axelsen, Mette ^a   Laffrenzen, Magdalena ^a   Taskinen, Marja Riitta ^b   Basu, Samar ^c   Johansson, Mats ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Diet; Endothelial function; Fibrinolysis; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; ISOPROSTANE DERIVATIVE; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; STEROL DERIVATIVE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CALORIE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENERGY; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; FOREARM; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATION;

EID: 2442555168     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20030315     Document Type: Article

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