Serum levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids are low in Chinese men with metabolic syndrome, whereas serum levels of saturated fatty acids, zinc, and magnesium are high

Nutrition Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 71-77

  Yu, Yinghua ^a,b   Cai, Zhenzhen ^a   Zheng, Jusheng ^a   Chen, Jiezhong ^b   Zhang, Xu ^c   Huang, Xu Feng ^b   Li, Duo ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c Ningbo College of Health   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese men; Desaturase; Fatty acids; Metabolic syndrome; Minerals

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE 1; MAGNESIUM; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAGNESIUM METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC METABOLISM;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIET; FATTY ACID DESATURASES; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ZINC;

EID: 84863130805     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: 18790739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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