Associations of obesity with triglycerides and C-reactive protein are attenuated in adults with high red blood cell eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids.

• Published in: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
• Main Authors: Makhoul, Z, Kristal, AR, Gulati, R, Luick, B, Bersamin, A, O'Brien, D, Hopkins, SE, Stephensen, CB, Stanhope, KL, Havel, PJ, Boyer, B
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2011
• Subjects: Erythrocytes; Humans; Obesity; Fatty Acids; Omega-3; Docosahexaenoic Acids; Eicosapentaenoic Acid; Triglycerides; C-Reactive Protein; Body Mass Index; Models; Statistical; Risk Factors; Cross-Sectional Studies; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; 80 and over; Middle Aged; Inuits; Alaska; Female; Male; Dyslipidemias; Overweight; Young Adult; Biomarkers; EPA; DHA; generalized additive models; Yup'ik eskimos; Nutrition & Dietetics; Nutrition and Dietetics; Human Movement and Sports Sciences; Food Sciences; Gam; eskimo*; inuits; Yup'ik
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/8nw2s21g

N-3 fatty acids are associated with favorable, and obesity with unfavorable, concentrations of chronic disease risk biomarkers.We examined whether high eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and docosahexaenoic (DHA) acid intakes, measured as percentages of total red blood cell (RBC) fatty acids, modify association...