Age dependence of plasma phospholipid fatty acid levels: Potential role of linoleic acid in the age-associated increase in docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid concentrations

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1058-1064

  De Groot, Renate H M ^a   Van Boxtel, Martin P J ^a   Schiepers, Olga J G ^a   Hornstra, Gerard ^b   Jolles, Jelle ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing; Fatty acids; Fish consumption

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FISHES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LINOLEIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SEAFOOD;

EID: 73749086709     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114509359103     Document Type: Article

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