EPA and DHA status of South Asian and white Canadians living in the National Capital Region of Canada

Lipids

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1057-1069

  Nagasaka, Reiko ^a,b   Gagnon, Claude ^a   Swist, Eleonora ^a   Rondeau, Isabelle ^a   Massarelli, Isabelle ^a   Cheung, Winnie ^a   Ratnayake, Walisundera M N ^a  

^a Health Canada and World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals   (Canada)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DHA; EPA; Fish consumption; Omega 3 index; RBC fatty acid composition; South Asian Canadians; White Canadians

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID ESTER; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CANADIAN; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOUTH ASIAN; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; FISH; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ERYTHROCYTES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; ONTARIO; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84919383015     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: 15589307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-014-3942-3     Document Type: Article

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