Whole blood fatty acid profile of young subjects and adherence to the Mediterranean diet: an observational cohort study.
Marie-Louise Eva SyrenStefano TuroloErika Adalgisa de MarcoValentina De CosmiPatrizia RiséFranca MarangoniDario Guido MinoliGianantonio ManzoniCarlo AgostoniPublished in: Lipids in health and disease (2022)
Increased FA proportions with age were seen in the n6-series of PUFA. The n3-FA species decreased or were stable. The vast majority of the subjects with dietary data, 92%, obtained a KIDMED score indicative of low-medium adherence to the MedDiet. The score correlated negatively with various n6-species, i.e. the MedDiet suppressed circulating n6-PUFA. Whole blood may be used to investigate FAs and MedDiet adherence correlations which may be applied in the study of health issues in childhood.