Plasma polyunsaturated fatty acids and liver enzymes in HIV-infected subjects: The Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 729-735

  Stonehouse, Welma ^a   Kruger, Annamarie ^b   Smuts, Cornelius M ^b   Loots, Du Toit ^b   Wentzel Viljoen, Edelweiss ^b   Vorster, Hester H ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LINOLEIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FRYING; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NEGRO; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COOKERY; DIET SURVEYS; DIETARY FATS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT OILS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77749291970     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28874     Document Type: Article

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