A comparison of the effects of A1 and A2 β-casein protein variants on blood cholesterol concentrations in New Zealand adults

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 175-178

  Venn, B J ^a   Skeaff, C M ^a   Brown, R ^a   Mann, J I ^a   Green, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Caseins; Cow milk; Diet; LDL cholesterol; Lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

BETA CASEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MILK; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CASEINS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIET, ATHEROGENIC; DIETARY PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 33745691837     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2005.10.020     Document Type: Article

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