The association of n-3 fatty acids with serum High Density Cholesterol (HDL) is modulated by sex but not by Inuit ancestry

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 281-285

  Bjerregaard, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; HDL cholesterol; Inuit; N 3 fatty acids; Serum lipids; Sex

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ESKIMO; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871394665     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.10.071     Document Type: Article

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