Fatty Acids and Cardiometabolic Health

• Main Author: Wu, Jason (auth)
• Other Authors: Marklund, Matti (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Biology, life sciences; coronary artery disease; n-6 fatty acids; ischemic heart disease; n-3 fatty acids; body weight; alternatively activated macrophages; type 2 cytokines; children; medium-chain triglyceride; fat; omega-3 PUFA; substitution models; obesity; EETs; arachidonic acid; blood pressure; Genome-wide association study (GWAS); antioxidant; Mediterranean diet; Insulin sensitivity; PUFA; n-3 PUFA; long-chain triglyceride; fish oil; omega 3; CAD; adipose tissue; FADS; blood lipids; hemodynamics; genotype; erucic acid; klotho; CYP450 eicosanoids; cardiometabolic disease; fibrosis; desaturase; EEQs; cohort study; lipid metabolism; fatty acid; metabolic disease; epidemiology; omega-3; inflammation; docosapentaenoic acid; omega-6 PUFA; type 2 diabetes mellitus; diet; CKD; human; perivascular adipose tissue; seafood; cardiovascular disease; prospective cohort study; linoleic acid; low-fat diet; conjugated fatty acids; furan fatty acids; unsaturated fat; statins; fish; cholesterol ester; CHD; COPD
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The impact of fat intake on hypercholesterolemia and related atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases has been studied for decades. However, the current evidence base suggests that fatty acids also influences cardiometabolic diseases through other mechanisms including effects on glucose metabolism, b...