Using an erythrocyte fatty acid fingerprint to predict risk of all-cause mortality: the Framingham Offspring Cohort.

Michael I McBurney Nathan L Tintle Ramachandran S Vasan Aleix Sala-Vila William S Harris

Published in: The American journal of clinical nutrition (2021)

In this community-based population in their mid-60s, RBC FA patterns were as predictive of risk for death during the next 11 y as standard risk factors. Replication is needed in other cohorts to validate this FA fingerprint as a predictor of all-cause mortality.

Keyphrases

risk factors
fatty acid
quality control
high fat diet
metabolic syndrome