Serum fatty acid and lipoprotein subclass concentrations and their associations in prepubertal healthy Norwegian children.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The lipid metabolism is one of the most important and complex processes in the body. Serum concentrations of 18 fatty acids (FAs) and 24 lipoprotein features, i.e. concentrations of lipoprotein main and subclasses and average particle size in main classes, in 195 ethnic Norwegian children from the rural Fjord region were quantified by chromatography.

Objectives

To assess gender differences in prepubertal children and reveal predictive FA patterns for lipoprotein features.

Methods

Lipoprotein features were modelled from FA profiles using multivariate regression.

Results

Contrary to observations for adults from the same region, gender differences in prepubertal children were generally small. However, higher concentrations of C16-C18 FAs for girls com

SUBMITTER: Rajalahti T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4792365 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature