Blood concentrations of individual long-chain n–3 fatty acids and risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction

Blood concentrations of individual long-chain n-3 fatty acids and risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction.

BACKGROUND Whereas dietary intake of long-chain n-3 fatty acids has been associated with risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI), few studies have examined the relation for blood concentrations. OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate the effect of long-chain n-3 fatty acids in blood on the risk of nonfatal MI. DESIGN Baseline blood samples were collected from 32 826 participants of the Nurse...

Trans-fatty acids intake and risk of myocardial infarction.

BACKGROUND Concern that trans-fatty acids formed in the partial hydrogenation of vegetable oils may increase the risk of coronary disease has existed for several decades, but direct evidence on this relation in humans is limited. METHODS AND RESULTS With a case-control design, we studied the association between intake of trans-fatty acids and a first acute myocardial infarction among 239 pati...

Inhibition of Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion of Waste Food by Long Chain Fatty Acids and Propionate

n-3 Polyunsaturated fatty acids, fish, and nonfatal acute myocardial infarction.

BACKGROUND The relation between n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), fish intake, and risk of coronary heart disease is controversial. METHODS AND RESULTS An Italian case-control study including 507 patients with nonfatal acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and 478 hospital controls found a multivariate odds ratio (OR) of 0.67 (95% CI, 0.47 to 0.95) for the highest n-3 PUFA intake and 0.68 ...

Blood levels of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, aspirin, and the risk of colorectal cancer.

BACKGROUND N-3 fatty acids may decrease risk of colorectal cancer by inhibiting the cyclooxygenase-2 enzyme and production of proinflammatory eicosanoids derived from arachidonic acid (20:4n-6). Aspirin also inhibits the cyclooxygenase-2 enzyme and may share with n-3 fatty acids a potential mechanism to decrease the risk of colorectal cancer. METHODS We conducted a nested case-control analysi...