Ethnicity, sex, FADS genetic variation, and hormonal contraceptive use influence delta-5- and delta-6-desaturase indices and plasma docosahexaenoic acid concentration in young Canadian adults: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: There is great interest in the relationship between polyunsaturated fatty acids and health. Yet, the combinatory effect of factors such as sex, ethnicity, genetic polymorphisms and hormonal contraceptives (HC) on the concentrations of these fatty acids is unknown. Therefore, we sought to...

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Autores principales: Abdelmagid, Salma A, Clarke, Shannon E, Roke, Kaitlin, Nielsen, Daiva E, Badawi, Alaa, El-Sohemy, Ahmed, Mutch, David M, Ma, David WL
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4410003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25914723
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12986-015-0010-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4410003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25914723
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12986-015-0010-9

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