Article
Triglyceride-lowering effect of marine polyunsaturates in patients with hypertriglyceridemia.
Arteriosclerosis (Dallas, Tex.) - 1 Jan 2000
Sanders T A, Sullivan D R, Reeve J, Thompson G R
Abstract excerpt
Twenty male patients with primary hypertriglyceridemia were treated for 4 weeks with daily supplements (15 g) of oil, which provided approximately 6 g of polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) either of fish or of vegetable origin. Total plasma cholesterol concentrations were unaffected, but both types of supplement increased high density lipoprotein-3 (HDL3) cholesterol concentrations. The fish, but not the...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Fatty Acids, Unsaturated
- Fish Oils
- Humans
- Hyperlipidemias
- Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IV
- Lipoproteins, VLDL
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Triglycerides