Dietary fatty acids and cardiovascular disease: An epidemiological approach

Progress in Lipid Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 172-187

  Erkkilä, Arja ^a   de Mello, Vanessa D F ^a,b   Risérus, Ulf ^c   Laaksonen, David E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Desaturase; Dietary fat; Fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID PLUS ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PRAVASTATIN; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SIMVASTATIN; TRANS FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFARCTION; LIPID COMPOSITION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRANS FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 40949086354     PISSN: 01637827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2008.01.004     Document Type: Review

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