Adherence to a Mediterranean diet and plasma fatty acids: Data from the Bordeaux sample of the Three-City study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 149-158

  Féart, Catherine ^a,b   Torrès, Marion J M ^a,b   Samieri, Cécilia ^a,b   Jutand, Marthe Aline ^a,b   Peuchant, Evelyne ^a,b,c   Simopoulos, Artemis P ^d   Barberger Gateau, Pascale ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

^d Center for Nutrition Genetics & Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediterranean diet; Older persons; Plasma fatty acids

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FRANCE; FRENCH LANGUAGE; GENOTYPE; GERIATRIC NUTRITION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTION; RECALL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 79960118808     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510005805     Document Type: Article

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