Fish intake is associated with a reduced progression of coronary artery atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women with coronary artery disease

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 626-632

  Erkkilä, Arja T ^a,b   Lichtenstein, Alice H ^a   Mozaffarian, Dariush ^c,d   Herrington, David M ^e  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiography; Atherosclerosis; Diabetes mellitus; Diet; Fish; N 3 fatty acids; Women

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; EDIBLE OIL; LIPID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUNA; AGED; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SEA FOOD;

SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY STENOSIS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEAFOOD;

EID: 4544296205     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/80.3.626     Document Type: Article

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