Dietary linolenic acid intake is positively associated with five-year change in eye lens nuclear density

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 133-140

  Lu, Minyi ^a   Taylor, Allen ^a   Chylack, Leo T ^b   Rogers, Gail ^a   Hankinson, Susan E ^b   Willett, Walter C ^b,c   Jacques, Paul F ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Diet; Fatty acids; Lens opacities; Linolenic acid; Women

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; TRANS FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATARACT; CELL MEMBRANE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EYE EXAMINATION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LENS NUCLEUS; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLIT LAMP; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; CATARACT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34250380377     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2007.10719594     Document Type: Article

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