TY - JOUR
T1 - Serum fatty acid composition in primary school children is associated with serum cholesterol levels and dietary fat intake
AU - Cheng, H. H.
AU - Wen, Y. Y.
AU - Chen, C.
PY - 2003/12
Y1 - 2003/12
N2 - Objective: To examine the serum fatty acid composition, serum cholesterol levels, and dietary fat intake associated with body composition in primary school children of both urban and rural regions in Taiwan. Design: Subjects were randomly stratified by region and primary school. The sample consisted of 870 children aged 10 and 11 y old. The sample was equally distributed between an urban region (Kaohsiung City) and a rural region (Yunlin County). The gender ratio of samples from each area was matched. Food record-assisted 24-h dietary recalls and serum lipid measurements were collected for each child, and associations between serum total cholesterol (TC) and fatty acids composition as well as between body mass index (BMI) and triceps skinfold (TSF) were evaluated for both urban and rural regions. Results: Compared with students in the urban region, those in the rural region had significantly lower total fat intake, BMI, TSF, TC, and LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) and higher HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) (P
AB - Objective: To examine the serum fatty acid composition, serum cholesterol levels, and dietary fat intake associated with body composition in primary school children of both urban and rural regions in Taiwan. Design: Subjects were randomly stratified by region and primary school. The sample consisted of 870 children aged 10 and 11 y old. The sample was equally distributed between an urban region (Kaohsiung City) and a rural region (Yunlin County). The gender ratio of samples from each area was matched. Food record-assisted 24-h dietary recalls and serum lipid measurements were collected for each child, and associations between serum total cholesterol (TC) and fatty acids composition as well as between body mass index (BMI) and triceps skinfold (TSF) were evaluated for both urban and rural regions. Results: Compared with students in the urban region, those in the rural region had significantly lower total fat intake, BMI, TSF, TC, and LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) and higher HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) (P
KW - Lipid profile
KW - Rural and urban regions
KW - School children
KW - Serum fatty acids
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U2 - 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601732
DO - 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601732
M3 - Article
C2 - 14647227
AN - SCOPUS:0346882723
SN - 0954-3007
VL - 57
SP - 1613
EP - 1620
JO - European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
JF - European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
IS - 12
ER -