Nutrition Research
Volume 28, Issue 12 , Pages 816-824, December 2008

Lower estimates of δ-5 desaturase and elongase activity are related to adverse profiles for several metabolic risk factors in young Japanese women

  • Kentaro Murakami

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social and Preventive Epidemiology, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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  • Satoshi Sasaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social and Preventive Epidemiology, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 3 5841 7872; fax: +81 3 5841 7873.
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  • Yoshiko Takahashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health and Nutrition, School of Home Economics, Wayo Women's University, Chiba 272-8533, Japan
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  • Kazuhiro Uenishi

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Physiological Nutrition, Kagawa Nutrition University, Saitama 350-0288, Japan
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  • Tomoko Watanabe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, Chiba College of Health Science, Chiba 261-0014, Japan
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  • Toshiyuki Kohri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Agriculture, Kinki University, Nara 631-8505, Japan
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  • Mitsuyo Yamasaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health and Nutrition Science, Faculty of Health and Social Welfare Science, Nishikyushu University, Saga 842-8585, Japan
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  • Reiko Watanabe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Life Environments, Course of Food and Nutrition, Niigata Women's College, Niigata 950-8680, Japan
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  • Keiko Baba

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutrition, Mie Chukyo University Junior College, Mie 515-8511, Japan
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  • Katsumi Shibata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Life Style Studies, Laboratories of Food Science and Nutrition, School of Human Cultures, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Shiga 522-8533, Japan
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  • Toru Takahashi

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Human Life Science, Mimasaka University, Okayama 708-8511, Japan
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  • Hitomi Hayabuchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Environmental Science, Fukuoka Women's University, Fukuoka 813-8529, Japan
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  • Kazuko Ohki

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Science for Living System, Showa Women's University, Tokyo 154-8533, Japan
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  • Junko Suzuki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health and Nutrition, Faculty of Human Sciences, Hokkaido Bunkyo University, Hokkaido 061-1449, Japan

Received 14 July 2008; received in revised form 20 August 2008; accepted 26 August 2008.

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PII: S0271-5317(08)00196-6

doi:10.1016/j.nutres.2008.08.009

Nutrition Research
Volume 28, Issue 12 , Pages 816-824, December 2008

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