Plasma lipid fatty acid composition, desaturase activities and insulin sensitivity in Amerindian women

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 176-181

  Vessby, B ^d   Ahren B ^b   Warensjo E ^c   Lindgarde F ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Desaturases; High carbohydrate diet; Insulin sensitivity; Plasma fatty acid composition

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; DELTA 5 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; DELTA-5 FATTY ACID DESATURASE; FADS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; FATTY ACID; INSULIN; LEPTIN; SCD1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECUADOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LOW FAT DIET; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PERU; RURAL POPULATION; SUBURBAN POPULATION; SWEDEN;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; ECUADOR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEPTIN; MIDDLE AGED; PERU; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; STEAROYL-COA DESATURASE; SUBURBAN POPULATION; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857918928     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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