Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation improves vascular function and reduces inflammation in obese adolescents

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 580-585

  Dangardt, Frida ^a   Osika, Walter ^a   Chen, Yun ^a   Nilsson, Ulf ^a   Gan, Li Ming ^a   Gronowitz, Eva ^a   Strandvik, Birgitta ^a   Friberg, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Intima media thickness; N 3 Fatty acids; Obesity; Pulse wave velocity; Reactive hyperemia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; FATTY ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL SELECTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG CAPSULE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; THROMBOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; OBESITY; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLACEBOS;

EID: 77957720065     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.06.046     Document Type: Article

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