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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 134, No. 6: 583-589
Copyright © 1991 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Adipose Tissue in European Men Aged 38 Years in Relation to Serum Lipids, Smoking Habits, and Fat Distribution

Jacob C. Seidell1, Massimo Cigolini2, Jean-Paul Deslypere3, Jadviga Charzewska4 and Britt-Marie Ellsinger5

1Department of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University Wageningen, the Netherlands
2Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Verona Verona, Italy
3Department of Endocrinology, University of Ghent Ghent, Belgium
4National Institute of Food and Nutrition Warsaw, Poland
5Department of Medicine I, University of Gothenburg Gothenburg, Sweden

Fat biopsies were taken from 327 men aged 38 years from five different European communities in 1988–1989. Linoleic acid content varied widely (F = 110.6, p < 0.001) and was lowest in men from Poland (8.6%) and highest in men from Belgium (16.7%). Adipose tissue content of {alpha}-linolenic acid was subject to less variation (F = 13.9, p < 0.001) and was lowest in men from Italy (0.5%) and highest in men from Sweden and the Netherlands (0.9%). In analysis combining information from all centers, linoleic acid was negatively correlated to low density lipoprotein cholesterol (r = –0.15, p < 0.01) and total cholesterol (r = –0.17, p < 0.01). {alpha}-Linolenic acid was negatively correlated to serum triglycerides only (r = –0.14, p < 0.05). These fatty acids were not related to body mass index, waist/hip ratio, or smoking habits. The authors conclude that there are major differences in the fatty acid composition of adipose tissue in different European populations but that these do not explain the significant differences in serum high density lipoprotein cholesterol and serum triglycerides among the different populations. Am J Epidemiol 1991 ;134:583-9.

adipose tissue; cholesterol; fatty acids; lipids; obesity; triglycerides


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