title: Different effects of palmitic and stearic acid-enriched diets on serum lipids and lipoproteins and plasma cholesteryl ester transfer protein activity in healthy young women.
abstract: The effects of palmitic and stearic acid-enriched diets on serum lipids, lipoproteins, apolipoproteins (apo) A-I and B, and plasma cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) activity were examined in 12 healthy young women. Subjects followed the two experimental diets for 4 weeks according to a randomized crossover design. Both experimental diet periods were preceded by consumption of a baseline diet for 2 weeks. The diets provided 37% of total energy intake (E%) as fat, and differed only with respect to fatty acid composition. There was a substitution of 5E% of palmitic acid or stearic acid in the experimental diets for 5E% of monounsaturated fatty acids in the baseline diet. After the palmitic acid diet, serum total and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and apo A-I concentrations were higher (8%, P = .015, 9%, P = .040, and 11%,P = .011, respectively) and mean serum low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol concentration tended to be higher (8%, P = .077) as compared with values after the stearic acid diet. Plasma CETP activity increased in the palmitic acid diet as compared with the stearic acid diet (12%, P = .006). In conclusion, palmitic acid and stearic acid-enriched diets had different effects on serum lipids and lipoproteins and also on plasma CETP activity in young healthy women.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: U S
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Schwab
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Maliranta
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Sarkkinen
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Savolainen
authors.forename: Y A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Kesäniemi
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Uusitupa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I / Q000097:blood; D001055:Apolipoproteins B / Q000097:blood; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000097:blood*; D053480:Cholesterol Ester Transfer Proteins; D002788:Cholesterol Esters / Q000097:blood*; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D006023:Glycoproteins; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D019308:Palmitic Acid; D010169:Palmitic Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013229:Stearic Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D001055:Apolipoproteins B; C506642:CETP protein, human; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D053480:Cholesterol Ester Transfer Proteins; D002788:Cholesterol Esters; D004041:Dietary Fats; D006023:Glycoproteins; D008055:Lipids; D008074:Lipoproteins; D010169:Palmitic Acids; D013229:Stearic Acids; D019308:Palmitic Acid; C031183:stearic acid