Intake of small-to-medium-chain saturated fatty acids is associated with peripheral leukocyte telomere length in postmenopausal women1-3

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 907-914

  Song, Yan ^a,b   You, Nai Chieh Y ^a,b   Song, Yiqing ^d   Kang, Mo K ^b   Hou, Lifang ^e   Wallace, Robert ^f,g   Eaton, Charles B ^g,h   Tinker, Lesley F ⁱ   Liu, Simin ^a,c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

ⁱ USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAURIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SHORT TO MEDIUM CHAIN SATURATED FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUTTER; CHEESE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MILK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; BUTTER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEESE; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELOMERE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84878237580     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.113.175422     Document Type: Article

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