Concentrations of very long-chain fatty acid in whole blood are associated with cardiovascular risk factors in children

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 401, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 141-143

  Okahashi, Aya ^a   Okada, Tomoo ^a   Saito, Emiko ^b   Miyashita, Michio ^a   Kuromori, Yuki ^a   Iwata, Fujihiko ^a   Hara, Mitsuhiko ^c   Mugishima, Hideo ^a   Kitamura, Yohei ^d   Shimizu, Takashi ^d  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN HIROO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d MORINAGA MILK INDUSTRY CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Childhood obesity; Hexacosanoic acid(C26:0); Very long chain fatty acid

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; VERY LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 58549096914     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2008.12.013     Document Type: Article

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