Serum fatty acid reference ranges: percentiles from a New Zealand national nutrition survey.

Journal article

Serum fatty acids are increasingly used in cross-sectional surveys and cohort studies as biomarkers of dietary fat intake; however, it is currently difficult to judge whether an individual has low or high fatty acid status, or whether the distribution of fatty acids of a group of people is low or high due to a lack of appropriate reference values. In the absence of interpretive criteria, the distribution of serum fatty acids from a suitable reference population can be used as an alternative. ...

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Authors: Bradbury, K; Skeaff, C; Crowe, F; Green, T; Hodson, L

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Nutrients
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 152-163
• Publication date: 2011-01-01
• DOI: 10.3390/nu3010152
• EISSN: 2072-6643
• ISSN: 2072-6643
• Language: English
• Keywords: Triglycerides; New Zealand; Nutrition Surveys; Adolescent; Cholesterol Esters; Young Adult; Fatty Acids; Humans; Reference Values; Adult; Female; Middle Aged; Phospholipids; Cross-Sectional Studies; Aged; Male