Plasma α-linolenic and long-chain ω-3 fatty acids are associated with a lower risk of acute myocardial infarction in Singapore Chinese adults

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 275-282

  Sun, Ye ^a,b   Koh, Woon Puay ^a,e   Yuan, Jian Min ^f,g   Choi, Hyungwon ^a   Su, Jin ^a   Ong, Choon Nam ^a,d   Van Dam, Rob M ^a,c,h  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Cardiovascular disease risk factors; Diet; Epidemiology; Fatty acids; Myocardial infarction; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIETARY INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGAPORE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTOR; SEA FOOD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; ALPHA-LINOLENIC ACID; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIET; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SEAFOOD; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84959256630     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.220418     Document Type: Article

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