title: Linoleic acid and coronary heart disease.
abstract: Low tissue concentrations of the essential fatty acid, linoleic acid, occur in communities with high rates of coronary disease and in patients with angina and myocardial infarction. This relationship is independent of lipids and blood pressure, but in smokers linoleic acid is particularly low because they eat less linoleic acid-containing foods.
authors.affiliation: University of Edinburgh.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Oliver
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Riemersma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fulton
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Wood
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008041:Linoleic Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D008041:Linoleic Acids