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Red Blood Cell Eicosapentaenoic Acid Inversely Relates to MRI-Assessed Carotid Plaque Lipid Core Burden in Elders at High Cardiovascular Risk

Supplemental marine omega-3 eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) has an anti-atherosclerotic effect. Clinical research on EPA supplied by the regular diet and atherosclerosis is scarce. In the framework of the PREvención con DIeta MEDiterránea (PREDIMED) trial, we conducted a cross-sectional study in 161 old...

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Autores principales: Bargalló, Núria, Gilabert, Rosa, Romero-Mamani, Edwin-Saúl, Cofán, Montserrat, Calder, Philip C., Fitó, Montserrat, Corella, Dolores, Salas-Salvadó, Jordi, Ruiz-Canela, Miguel, Estruch, Ramon, Ros, Emilio, Sala-Vila, Aleix
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5622796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28930197
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9091036
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author Bargalló, Núria
Gilabert, Rosa
Romero-Mamani, Edwin-Saúl
Cofán, Montserrat
Calder, Philip C.
Fitó, Montserrat
Corella, Dolores
Salas-Salvadó, Jordi
Ruiz-Canela, Miguel
Estruch, Ramon
Ros, Emilio
Sala-Vila, Aleix
author_facet Bargalló, Núria
Gilabert, Rosa
Romero-Mamani, Edwin-Saúl
Cofán, Montserrat
Calder, Philip C.
Fitó, Montserrat
Corella, Dolores
Salas-Salvadó, Jordi
Ruiz-Canela, Miguel
Estruch, Ramon
Ros, Emilio
Sala-Vila, Aleix
author_sort Bargalló, Núria
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description Supplemental marine omega-3 eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) has an anti-atherosclerotic effect. Clinical research on EPA supplied by the regular diet and atherosclerosis is scarce. In the framework of the PREvención con DIeta MEDiterránea (PREDIMED) trial, we conducted a cross-sectional study in 161 older individuals at high vascular risk grouped into different stages of carotid atherosclerosis severity, including those without ultrasound-detected atheroma plaque (n = 38), with plaques <2.0 mm thick (n = 65), and with plaques ≥2.0 mm (n = 79). The latter were asked to undergo contrast-enhanced 3T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and were subsequently grouped into absence (n = 31) or presence (n = 27) of MRI-detectable plaque lipid, a main feature of unstable atheroma plaques. We determined the red blood cell (RBC) proportion of EPA (a valid marker of long-term EPA intake) at enrolment by gas chromatography. In multivariate models, EPA related inversely to MRI-assessed plaque lipid volume, but not to maximum intima-media thickness of internal carotid artery, plaque burden, or MRI-assessed normalized wall index. The inverse association between EPA and plaque lipid content in patients with advanced atherosclerosis supports the notion that this fatty acid might improve cardiovascular health through stabilization of advanced atheroma plaques.
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spelling pubmed-56227962017-10-05 Red Blood Cell Eicosapentaenoic Acid Inversely Relates to MRI-Assessed Carotid Plaque Lipid Core Burden in Elders at High Cardiovascular Risk Bargalló, Núria Gilabert, Rosa Romero-Mamani, Edwin-Saúl Cofán, Montserrat Calder, Philip C. Fitó, Montserrat Corella, Dolores Salas-Salvadó, Jordi Ruiz-Canela, Miguel Estruch, Ramon Ros, Emilio Sala-Vila, Aleix Nutrients Article Supplemental marine omega-3 eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) has an anti-atherosclerotic effect. Clinical research on EPA supplied by the regular diet and atherosclerosis is scarce. In the framework of the PREvención con DIeta MEDiterránea (PREDIMED) trial, we conducted a cross-sectional study in 161 older individuals at high vascular risk grouped into different stages of carotid atherosclerosis severity, including those without ultrasound-detected atheroma plaque (n = 38), with plaques <2.0 mm thick (n = 65), and with plaques ≥2.0 mm (n = 79). The latter were asked to undergo contrast-enhanced 3T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and were subsequently grouped into absence (n = 31) or presence (n = 27) of MRI-detectable plaque lipid, a main feature of unstable atheroma plaques. We determined the red blood cell (RBC) proportion of EPA (a valid marker of long-term EPA intake) at enrolment by gas chromatography. In multivariate models, EPA related inversely to MRI-assessed plaque lipid volume, but not to maximum intima-media thickness of internal carotid artery, plaque burden, or MRI-assessed normalized wall index. The inverse association between EPA and plaque lipid content in patients with advanced atherosclerosis supports the notion that this fatty acid might improve cardiovascular health through stabilization of advanced atheroma plaques. MDPI 2017-09-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5622796/ /pubmed/28930197 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9091036 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Bargalló, Núria
Gilabert, Rosa
Romero-Mamani, Edwin-Saúl
Cofán, Montserrat
Calder, Philip C.
Fitó, Montserrat
Corella, Dolores
Salas-Salvadó, Jordi
Ruiz-Canela, Miguel
Estruch, Ramon
Ros, Emilio
Sala-Vila, Aleix
Red Blood Cell Eicosapentaenoic Acid Inversely Relates to MRI-Assessed Carotid Plaque Lipid Core Burden in Elders at High Cardiovascular Risk
title Red Blood Cell Eicosapentaenoic Acid Inversely Relates to MRI-Assessed Carotid Plaque Lipid Core Burden in Elders at High Cardiovascular Risk
title_full Red Blood Cell Eicosapentaenoic Acid Inversely Relates to MRI-Assessed Carotid Plaque Lipid Core Burden in Elders at High Cardiovascular Risk
title_fullStr Red Blood Cell Eicosapentaenoic Acid Inversely Relates to MRI-Assessed Carotid Plaque Lipid Core Burden in Elders at High Cardiovascular Risk
title_full_unstemmed Red Blood Cell Eicosapentaenoic Acid Inversely Relates to MRI-Assessed Carotid Plaque Lipid Core Burden in Elders at High Cardiovascular Risk
title_short Red Blood Cell Eicosapentaenoic Acid Inversely Relates to MRI-Assessed Carotid Plaque Lipid Core Burden in Elders at High Cardiovascular Risk
title_sort red blood cell eicosapentaenoic acid inversely relates to mri-assessed carotid plaque lipid core burden in elders at high cardiovascular risk
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5622796/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28930197
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9091036
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