Phytosterol plasma concentrations and coronary heart disease in the prospective Spanish EPIC cohort

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 618-624

  Escurriol, Verónica ^a,b   Cofán, Montserrat ^a,b   Moreno Iribas, Concepción ^c,d   Larrañaga, Nerea ^d,e   Martínez, Carmen ^d,f   Navarro, Carmen ^d,g   Rodríguez, Laudina ^h   González, Carlos A ^i,j   Corella, Dolores ^b,k   Ros, Emilio ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c RTIC RD06/0020 ^*  (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA   (Spain)

^f Public Health Division of Gipuzkoa   (Spain)

^g ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^h DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Spain)

ⁱ Health and Health Care Services Council   (Spain)

^j CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E; Campesterol; Cardiometabolic risk; Cholesterol; European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition; Lathosterol; Nested case control study; Plant sterols; Sitosterol

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LATHOSTEROL; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOSTEROLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 77950607537     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.P000471     Document Type: Article

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