[HTML][HTML] Plasma fatty acid composition and incidence of diabetes in middle-aged adults: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

L Wang, AR Folsom, ZJ Zheng, JS Pankow… - The American journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
Background The results of some epidemiologic studies conducted by using questionnaires
suggest that dietary fat composition influences diabetes risk. Confirmation of this finding with
use of a biomarker is warranted. Objective We prospectively investigated the relation of
plasma cholesterol ester (CE) and phospholipid (PL) fatty acid composition with the
incidence of diabetes mellitus. Design In 2909 adults aged 45–64 y, plasma fatty acid
composition was quantified by using gas-liquid chromatography and was expressed as a …