Relating fatty acid composition in human fingertip blood to age, gender, nationality and n-3 supplementation in the Scandinavian population
Saga, Linda C. ; Liland, Kristian Hovde ; Leistad, Rune Bang ; Reimers, Arne LU
and Rukke, Elling Olav
(2012)
In International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition
63(7).
p.790-795
- Abstract
This study investigated data obtained from whole blood fatty acid (FA) composition of 3476 Norwegian and Swedish individuals, which provided background information including age, gender, nationality and self-motivated n-3 supplement consumption. The aim of this paper was to statistically relate this background information on the subjects to their whole blood FA profile, focusing mainly on the n-3 polyunsaturated FA (PUFA). Results showed that age had significant effects on the content of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in blood lipids for the Norwegian individuals, while n-3 PUFA supplementation had a positive effect on EPA and DHA content in whole blood for the investigated population. Gender differences were... (More)
This study investigated data obtained from whole blood fatty acid (FA) composition of 3476 Norwegian and Swedish individuals, which provided background information including age, gender, nationality and self-motivated n-3 supplement consumption. The aim of this paper was to statistically relate this background information on the subjects to their whole blood FA profile, focusing mainly on the n-3 polyunsaturated FA (PUFA). Results showed that age had significant effects on the content of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in blood lipids for the Norwegian individuals, while n-3 PUFA supplementation had a positive effect on EPA and DHA content in whole blood for the investigated population. Gender differences were also found for individual FA. A correlation also exists with previous studies on the FA profiling of blood lipids, further validating the test procedure.
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- author
- Saga, Linda C.
; Liland, Kristian Hovde
; Leistad, Rune Bang
; Reimers, Arne
LU
and Rukke, Elling Olav
- publishing date
- 2012-11
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Diet, Fatty acid composition, Home test kit, Whole blood
- in
- International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition
- volume
- 63
- issue
- 7
- pages
- 6 pages
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- external identifiers
-
- scopus:84867482054
- pmid:22519581
- ISSN
- 0963-7486
- DOI
- 10.3109/09637486.2012.681631
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- id
- d604c9e7-cfda-4165-a029-6b53c2ab7d45
- date added to LUP
- 2024-08-31 14:49:52
- date last changed
- 2025-04-04 14:08:17
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title = {{Relating fatty acid composition in human fingertip blood to age, gender, nationality and n-3 supplementation in the Scandinavian population}},
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