Effects of altering the ratio of dietary n-6 to n-3 fatty acids on insulin sensitivity, lipoprotein size, and postprandial lipemia in men and postmenopausal women aged 45-70 y: The OPTILIP study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1290-1298

  Griffin, Margaret D ^a   Sanders, Thomas A B ^b   Davies, Ian G ^a   Morgan, Linda M ^a   Millward, D Joe ^a   Lewis, Fiona ^b   Slaughter, Suzanne ^b   Cooper, Jackie A ^c   Miller, George J ^d   Griffin, Bruce A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood lipids; HDL; Insulin sensitivity; LDL; Lipoprotein lipase; Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; n 3 fatty acids; n 6 fatty acids

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; INSULIN; LINOLEIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33845490816     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/84.6.1290     Document Type: Article

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