Intake of dietary plant sterols is inversely related to serum cholesterol concentration in men and women in the EPIC Norfolk population: A cross-sectional study

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1378-1385

  Andersson, S W ^a   Skinner, J ^b   Ellegard L ^a   Welch, A A ^c   Bingham, S ^d   Mulligan, A ^c   Andersson, H ^a   Khaw, K T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Diet; Lipids; Phytosterols; Population

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHYTOSTEROL; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOSTEROLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 5744248241     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601980     Document Type: Article

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