Fatty acid biomarkers of dairy fat consumption and incidence of type 2 diabetes: A pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies

2018229 citationsReviewgold Open Access

Authors

Fumiaki Imamura · University of Cambridge

Amanda M. Fretts · University of Washington

Matti Marklund · Uppsala University

Andres V Ardisson Korat · Harvard University

Wei-Sin Yang · National Taiwan University

Maria Lankinen · University of Eastern Finland

Waqas Qureshi ·

Abstract

In a large meta-analysis that pooled the findings from 16 prospective cohort studies, higher levels of 15:0, 17:0, and t16:1n-7 were associated with a lower risk of T2D.

Topics & Keywords

Fatty Acid Research and Health Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Diet, Metabolism, and Disease

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS Medicine

Volume 15, Issue 10, pp. e1002670-e1002670

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002670

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