Chinese lacto-vegetarian diet exerts favorable effects on metabolic parameters, intima-media thickness, and cardiovascular risks in healthy men

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 392-398

  Yang, Shu Yu ^a   Li, Xue Jun ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Liu, Chang Qin ^a   Zhang, Hui Jie ^a   Lin, Jin Rong ^a   Yan, Bing ^a   Yu, Ya Xin ^a   Shi, Xiu Lin ^a   Li, Can Dong ^b   Li, Wei Hua ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUJIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

cardiovascular diseases; cholesterol; diabetes mellitus; diet, vegetarian

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE COURSE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; OMNIVORE; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET CELL FUNCTION; PROBABILITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET, VEGETARIAN; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 84861829724     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: 19412452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533611436173     Document Type: Article

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