Taiwanese female vegetarians have lower lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 compared with omnivores

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-19

  Chen, Chih Wei ^a,b   Lin, Chih Ta ^a   Lin, Ying Lung ^a   Lin, Tin Kwang ^a   Lin, Chin Lon ^a,b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Inflammation; Lipoprotein associated phospholipase a2; Risk factors; Vegetarian diet

Indexed keywords

1 ALKYL 2 ACETYLGLYCEROPHOSPHOCHOLINE ESTERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OMNIVORE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VEGETARIAN; VEGETARIAN DIET;

1-ALKYL-2-ACETYLGLYCEROPHOSPHOCHOLINE ESTERASE; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 78650570132     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2011.52.1.13     Document Type: Article

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