Higher plasma docosahexaenoic acid is associated with reduced progression of coronary atherosclerosis in women with CAD

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2814-2819

  Erkkilä, Arja T ^a   Matthan, Nirupa R ^b   Herrington, David M ^c   Lichtenstein, Alice H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Coronary artery disease; Eicosapentaenoic acid; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 33845591793     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.P600005-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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