Vegan diet and blood lipid profiles: A cross-sectional study of pre and postmenopausal women

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Huang, Yee Wen ^a   Jian, Zhi Hong ^b   Chang, Hui Chin ^b,c   Nfor, Oswald N ^b   Ko, Pei Chieh ^b   Lung, Chia Chi ^b,c   Lin, Long Yau ^b,c   Ho, Chien Chang ^d   Chiang, Yi Chen ^b,c   Liaw, Yung Po ^b,c  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

HDL C; LDL C; Ovo lacto vegetarian; Triglycerides; Vegan

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LACTOVEGETARIAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; VEGAN DIET;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; TRIGLYCERIDES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899479122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-14-55     Document Type: Article

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