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Dietary and genetic influences on hemostasis in a Yup'ik Alaska Native population.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Au Nicholas T, Reyes Morayma, Boyer Bert B, Hopkins Scarlett E, Black Jynene, O'Brien Diane, Fohner Alison E, Yracheta Joe, Thornton Timothy, Austin Melissa A, Burke Wylie, Thummel Kenneth E, Rettie Allan E
Abstract excerpt
Fish and marine animals are important components of the subsistence diet of Alaska Native people, resulting in a high ω3 PUFA intake. The historical record for circumpolar populations highlights a tendency for facile bleeding, possibly related to ω3 PUFA effects on platelet activation and/or vitamin K-dependent clotting factors. To evaluate these two scenarios in Yup'ik people of southwestern Alaska, we examined...
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