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Serum Fatty Acid Reference Ranges : Percentiles from a New Zealand National Nutrition Survey Bradbury, Kathryn E.; Skeaff, Clark Murray; Crowe, Francesca L.; Green, Timothy J.; Hodson, Leanne

Abstract

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. We describe the distribution of the fatty acid composition of the three most commonly reported lipid classes in serum; cholesterol ester, phospholipid and triacylgycerol. Results for each serum lipid class are presented as means (SD) and percentiles (5, 10, 25, 50, 75, 90, and 95) of serum fatty acids in non-fasting blood samples collected from a population based cross-sectional survey of New Zealand adults (n = 2793). These serum fatty acid reference ranges are applicable and relevant to Australia, United Kingdom, and United States as well as other countries where fat intakes are similar to New Zealand.

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Serum Fatty Acid Reference Ranges : Percentiles from a New Zealand National Nutrition Survey
Creator
Bradbury, Kathryn E.; Skeaff, Clark Murray; Crowe, Francesca L.; Green, Timothy J.; Hodson, Leanne
Publisher
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Date Issued
2011-01-20
Description
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. We describe the distribution of the fatty acid composition of the three most commonly reported lipid classes in serum; cholesterol ester, phospholipid and triacylgycerol. Results for each serum lipid class are presented as means (SD) and percentiles (5, 10, 25, 50, 75, 90, and 95) of serum fatty acids in non-fasting blood samples collected from a population based cross-sectional survey of New Zealand adults (n = 2793). These serum fatty acid reference ranges are applicable and relevant to Australia, United Kingdom, and United States as well as other countries where fat intakes are similar to New Zealand.
Subject
Serum fatty acids; Nutrition surveys; Reference ranges; Biomarkers
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2019-04-04
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
CC BY 3.0
DOI
10.14288/1.0377804
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/69448
Affiliation
Land and Food Systems, Faculty of; Non UBC
Citation
Nutrients 3 (1): 152-163 (2011)
Publisher DOI
10.3390/nu3010152
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
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