Plant stanol ester consumption and arterial elasticity and endothelial function

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 603-608

  Raitakari, Olli T ^a   Salo, Pia ^b   Gylling, Helena ^c   Miettinen, Tatu A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; LDL cholesterol; Plant stanol esters; Sitosterol

Indexed keywords

AVENASTEROL; CAMELINA OIL; CAMPESTANOL; CAMPESTEROL; CHOLESTANOL; CHOLESTENOL; DESMOSTEROL; LATHOSTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; RAPESEED OIL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SITOSTANOL; SITOSTEROL; SQUALENE; STANOL ESTER; STEROL DERIVATIVE; SUNFLOWER OIL; TRANS FATTY ACID; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELASTICITY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARGARINE; PLANT OILS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SITOSTEROLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATION;

BRASSICA NAPUS; CAMELINA; HELIANTHUS;

EID: 41949092417     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508922546     Document Type: Article

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