title: Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids and composition of human aortic plaques.
abstract: How long-term dietary intake of essential fatty acids affects the fatty-acid content of aortic plaques is not clear. We compared the fatty-acid composition of aortic plaques with that of post-mortem serum and adipose tissue, in which essential fatty-acid content reflects dietary intake. Positive associations were found between serum and plaque omega 6 (r = 0.75) and omega 3 (r = 0.93) polyunsaturated fatty acids, and monounsaturates (r = 0.70), and also between adipose tissue and plaque omega 6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (r = 0.89). No associations were found with saturated fatty acids. These findings imply a direct influence of dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids on aortic plaque formation and suggest that current trends favouring increased intake of polyunsaturated fatty acids should be reconsidered.
authors.affiliation: Wynn Institute for Metabolic Research, London, UK.
authors.forename: C V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Felton
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Crook
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Oliver
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001011:Aorta / Q000378:metabolism; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated / Q000378:metabolism; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3 / Q000378:metabolism; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated