Higher dietary intake of alpha-linolenic acid is associated with lower insulin resistance in middle-aged Japanese

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 272-276

  Muramatsu, Takashi ^a   Yatsuya, Hiroshi ^a   Toyoshima, Hideaki ^b   Sasaki, Satoshi ^c   Li, Yuanying ^d   Otsuka, Rei ^e   Wada, Keiko ^f   Hotta, Yo ^g   Mitsuhashi, Hirotsugu ^a   Matsushita, Kunihiro ^a   Murohara, Toyoaki ^a   Tamakoshi, Koji ^h  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b ANJO KOSEI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^f GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g Holy Spirit Hospital   (Japan)

^h NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha Linolenic acid; Epidemiologic studies; Insulin resistance; Nutritional sciences; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; INSULIN; LINOLEIC ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; JAPANESE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET SURVEYS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77952580966     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.02.014     Document Type: Article

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