SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE RELATIONSHIP OF POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS AND NONINVASIVE IMAGING MEASURES OF SUBCLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
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- title
- SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE RELATIONSHIP OF POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS AND NONINVASIVE IMAGING MEASURES OF SUBCLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
- author
- Anderson, Jennifer Shultz
- abstract
- Background: The association between plasma phospholipid omega-6 levels and cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality is unclear, and discrepancy remains concerning the cardiovascular benefit of the omega-3 fatty acid alpha-linolenic acid (ALA).
- subject
- cardiac MRI
- cardiovascular disease
- fish
- polyunsaturated fatty acids
- sex differences
- contributor
- Herrington, David M (committee chair)
- Vitolins, Mara (committee member)
- Hundley, W. Gregory (committee member)
- Morgan, Timothy (committee member)
- Bell, Ronny (committee member)
- date
- 2011-07-14T20:36:07Z (accessioned)
- 2011-07-14T20:36:07Z (available)
- 2011 (issued)
- degree
- Clinical and Population Translational Sciences (discipline)
- identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10339/33482 (uri)
- language
- en (iso)
- publisher
- Wake Forest University
- type
- Thesis