Individual saturated fatty acids are associated with different components of insulin resistance and glucose metabolism: The GOCADAN study

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 344-351

  Ebbesson, Sven O E ^a   Tejero, M Elizabeth ^b   López Alvarenga, Juan Carlos ^b   Harris, William S ^c   Ebbesson, Lars O E ^d   Devereux, Richard B ^e   MacCluer, Jean W ^b   Wenger, Charlotte ^b   Laston, Sandra ^b   Fabsitz, Richard R ^f   Howard, Barbara V ^f   Comuzzie, Anthony G ^b  

^a Norton Sound Health Corporation   (United States)

^b Department of Genetics   (United States)

^c SANFORD RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f MedStar Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska Natives; Diabetes; Inuit; Myristic acid; Palmitic acid; Saturated fat; Stearic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049247143     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v69i4.17669     Document Type: Article

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