Dietary supplementation with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in early childhood: Effects on blood pressure and arterial structure and function at age 8 y

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 438-446

  Ayer, Julian G ^a,e,f   Harmer, Jason A ^a,e   Xuan, Wei ^b   Toelle, Brett ^b   Webb, Karen ^c   Almqvist, Catarina ^d   Marks, Guy B ^b   Celermajer, David S ^a,e,f  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f HEART RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LIPOPROTEIN; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAROTID ARTERY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSE WAVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VENOUS BLOOD; WEANING; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); DRUG EFFECT; INFANT; INTIMA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

AUSTRALIA; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGY PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLIANCE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; TUNICA INTIMA; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 67949105016     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.27811     Document Type: Article

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