Omega-3 polyunsaturated acids and cardiovascular disease: Notable ethnic differences or unfulfilled promise?

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2095-2104

  Patel, J V ^a   Tracey, I ^a   Hughes, E A ^a   Lip, G Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes mellitus; Dyslipidemia; Ethnicity; Obesity

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY INTAKE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOGENESIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649434424     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2010.03956.x     Document Type: Review

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