Flaxseed in pediatric hyperlipidemia a placebo-controlled, blinded, randomized clinical trial of dietary flaxseed supplementation for children and adolescents with hypercholesterolemia

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 708-713

  Wong, Helen ^a   Chahal, Nita ^a   Manlhiot, Cedric ^a   Niedra, Elizabeth ^a   McCrindle, Brian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAD; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; DIETARY FIBER; FAMILY HISTORY; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LINSEED; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUGAR INTAKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHEAT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLAX; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84881493417     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.1442     Document Type: Article

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