Relationships between Plasma Fatty Acid Composition and Coronary Artery Disease

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Authors

Hiroshige Itakura

Mitsuhiro Yokoyama · Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Medical Center

Masunori Matsuzaki · Yamaguchi University

Yasushi Saitō · Chiba University

Hideki Origasa · University of Toyama

Yuichi Ishikawa

Shinichi Oikawa · Nippon Medical School

Junichi Sasaki

Abstract

The risk of coronary artery disease is influenced by variations in plasma fatty acid composition. Among n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, EPA and DHA exhibited differences in the correlation with the risk of major coronary events.

Topics & Keywords

Fatty Acid Research and Health Eicosanoids and Hypertension Pharmacology Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Volume 18, Issue 2, pp. 99-107

DOI: 10.5551/jat.5876

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