Plasma Cholesteryl Ester Fatty Acids do not Mediate the Association of Ethnicity with Type 2 Diabetes: Results From the HELIUS Study.
Mirthe MuilwijkCarlos Celis-MoralesMary NicolaouMarieke B SnijderJason M R GillIrene G M van ValkengoedPublished in: Molecular nutrition & food research (2017)
Although ethnic differences in plasma CEFA are found and CEFA are associated with T2D, CEFA does not contribute to the difference in T2D prevalence between ethnic groups. If confirmed, this implies that maintenance of the more beneficial CEFA profiles in the non-Dutch ethnic groups may be encouraged to prevent an even higher prevalence of T2D in these groups.
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