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Food and Nutrient Intake and Nutritional Status of Finnish Vegans and Non-Vegetarians by Elorinne, Anna-Liisa, Alfthan, Georg, Erlund, Iris, Kivimäki, Hanna, Paju, Annukka, Salminen, Irma, Turpeinen, Ursula, Voutilainen, Sari, Laakso, Juha

“…Vegetarian and vegan diets have become more popular among adolescents and young adults. However, few studies have investigated the nutritional status of…”
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Dietary Fat Content Modifies Liver Fat in Overweight Nondiabetic Subjects by Westerbacka, Jukka, Lammi, Katriina, Häkkinen, Anna-Maija, Rissanen, Aila, Salminen, Irma, Aro, Antti, Yki-Järvinen, Hannele

“…Background: Fat accumulation in the liver has been shown to be closely correlated with hepatic insulin resistance and features of insulin resistance, even…”
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Cow's milk allergy and the association between fatty acids and childhood asthma risk by Lumia, Mirka, MD, Luukkainen, Päivi, MD, PhD, Takkinen, Hanna-Mari, MSc, Kaila, Minna, MD, PhD, Nwaru, Bright I., MPhil, PhD, Nevalainen, Jaakko, PhD, Salminen, Irma, PhD, Uusitalo, Liisa, PhD, Niinistö, Sari, MSc, Tuokkola, Jetta, PhD, Niemelä, Onni, MD, PhD, Haapala, Anna-Maija, MD, PhD, Ilonen, Jorma, MD, PhD, Simell, Olli, MD, PhD, Knip, Mikael, MD, PhD, Veijola, Riitta, MD, PhD, Virtanen, Suvi M., MD, PhD

“…To the Editor: The increased prevalence of allergic diseases and asthma in Western societies during the past decades parallels an increase in the dietary…”
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Inverse Association Between Dietary and Serum Conjugated Linoleic Acid and Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women by Aro, Antti, Männistö, Satu, Salminen, Irma, Ovaskainen, Marja-Leena, Kataja, Vesa, Uusitupa, Matti

“…Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is anticarcinogenic in experimental animal studies. We studied dietary and serum CLA in Finnish patients with breast cancer in…”
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Fatty Acids and Risk of Prostate Cancer in a Nested Case-Control Study in Male Smokers by MÄNNISTÖ, Satu, PIETINEN, Pirjo, VIRTANEN, Mikko J, SALMINEN, Irma, ALBANES, Demetrius, GIOVANNUCCI, Edward, VIRTAMO, Jarmo

“…There is some evidence that α-linolenic acid might be positively related to prostate cancer risk. Associations between serum fatty acid composition as well as…”
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Chlamydial and Periodontal Pathogens Induce Hepatic Inflammation and Fatty Acid Imbalance in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice by Hyvärinen, Kati, Tuomainen, Anita M, Laitinen, Saara, Bykov, Igor L, Törmäkangas, Liisa, Lindros, Kai, Käkelä, Reijo, Alfthan, Georg, Salminen, Irma, Jauhiainen, Matti, Kovanen, Petri T, Leinonen, Maija, Saikku, Pekka, Pussinen, Pirkko J

“…Periodontitis and Chlamydia pneumoniae infection are independent risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect…”
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Dietary trans fatty acids increase conjugated linoleic acid levels in human serum by Salminen, Irma, Mutanen, Marja, Jauhiainen, Matti, Aro, Antti

“…Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), fatty acids with 18 carbon atoms and two conjugated cis/trans double bonds, have shown anticarcinogenic effects in experimental…”
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Plasma ascorbic acid preparation and storage for epidemiological studies using TCA precipitation by Salminen, Irma, Alfthan, Georg

“…To introduce a procedure to validate an ascorbic acid method using trichloroacetic acid (TCA) for plasma stabilization at different storage temperatures. EDTA…”
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Is a dense mammographic parenchymal pattern a contraindication to hormonal replacement therapy? by Salminen, T M, Saarenmaa, I E, Heikkilä, M M, Hakama, M

“…The aim of the study was to find out whether the effect of hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) is modified by the mammographic parenchymal patterns on the risk…”
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Vegetable and fruit consumption, education and plasma vitamin C concentration in Russian and Finnish Karelia, 1992–2002 by Paalanen, Laura, Prättälä, Ritva, Alfthan, Georg, Salminen, Irma, Laatikainen, Tiina

“…To examine (i) whether the consumption of fresh vegetables, fruit and berries is associated with plasma vitamin C concentration and (ii) educational…”
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Children’s erythrocyte fatty acids are associated with the risk of islet autoimmunity by Niinistö, Sari, Erlund, Iris, Lee, Hye-Seung, Uusitalo, Ulla, Salminen, Irma, Aronsson, Carin Andrén, Parikh, Hemang M., Liu, Xiang, Hummel, Sandra, Toppari, Jorma, She, Jin-Xiong, Lernmark, Åke, Ziegler, Annette G., Rewers, Marian, Akolkar, Beena, Krischer, Jeffrey P., Galas, David, Das, Siba, Sakhanenko, Nikita, Rich, Stephen S., Hagopian, William, Norris, Jill M., Virtanen, Suvi M.

“…Our aim was to investigate the associations between erythrocyte fatty acids and the risk of islet autoimmunity in children. The Environmental Determinants of…”
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Bioconversion of vaccenic acid to conjugated linoleic acid in humans by TURPEINEN, Anu M, MUTANEN, Marja, ARO, Antti, SALMINEN, Irma, BASU, Samar, PALMQUIST, Donald L, GRIINARI, J. Mikko

“…Vaccenic acid (11-trans octadecenoic acid; VA), a major trans fatty acid in the fat of ruminants, is produced in the rumen and converted in tissues to rumenic…”
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The effect of proatherogenic pathogens on adipose tissue transcriptome and fatty acid distribution in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice by Hyvärinen, Kati, Tuomainen, Anita M, Laitinen, Saara, Alfthan, Georg, Salminen, Irma, Leinonen, Maija, Saikku, Pekka, Kovanen, Petri T, Jauhiainen, Matti, Pussinen, Pirkko J

“…Chronic infections have been demonstrated to maintain low-grade systemic inflammation and associate with atherosclerosis. We studied the inflammation- and…”
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The risk to develop NIDDM is related to the fatty acid composition of the serum cholesterol esters by Vessby, B, Aro, A, Skarfors, E, Berglund, L, Salminen, I, Lithell, H

“…This investigation was undertaken to study whether the risk to develop non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) among 50-year-old men during a 10-year…”
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Evaluation of a Food Frequency Questionnaire with Weighed Records, Fatty Acids, and Alpha-Tocopherol in Adipose Tissue and Serum by Andersen, Lene Frost, Solvoll, Kari, Johansson, Lars R. K., Salminen, Irma, Aro, Antti, Drevon, Christian A.

“…The authors examined the validity of a self-administered 180-item food frequency questionnaire in 125 Norwegian men aged 20–55 years who filled in the…”
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Stearic acid, trans fatty acids, and dairy fat: effects on serum and lipoprotein lipids, apolipoproteins, lipoprotein(a), and lipid transfer proteins in healthy subjects by Aro, A, Jauhiainen, M, Partanen, R, Salminen, I, Mutanen, M

“…To compare the effects on serum lipoproteins of stearic acid, trans fatty acids, and dairy fat, 80 healthy subjects consumed a dairy fat-based (baseline) diet…”
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High intakes of vegetables, berries, and apples combined with a high intake of linoleic or oleic acid only slightly affect markers of lipid peroxidation and lipoprotein metabolism in healthy subjects by Freese, Riitta, Alfthan, Georg, Jauhiainen, Matti, Basu, Samar, Erlund, Iris, Salminen, Irma, Aro, Antii, Mutanen, Marja

“…Background: A high consumption of vegetables and fruit is associated with decreased risk of ischemic heart disease and several cancers. The pathophysiology of…”
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Effects of equal weight loss with orlistat and placebo on body fat and serum fatty acid composition and insulin resistance in obese women by Tiikkainen, M, Bergholm, R, Rissanen, A, Aro, A, Salminen, I, Tamminen, M, Teramo, K, Yki-Jarvinen, H

“…Background: Dietary fat has been reported to influence insulin sensitivity. Objective: The objective of the study was to determine how identical weight loss…”
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Fatty acids in serum and diet - a canonical correlation analysis among toddlers by Uusitalo, Liisa, Nevalainen, Jaakko, Salminen, Irma, Ovaskainen, Marja-Leena, Kronberg-Kippilä, Carina, Ahonen, Suvi, Niinistö, Sari, Alfthan, Georg, Simell, Olli, Ilonen, Jorma, Veijola, Riitta, Knip, Mikael, Virtanen, Suvi M.

“…Fatty acid concentrations in blood are potential biomarkers of dietary fat intake, but methodological studies among children are scarce. The large number of…”
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Effect of α-linolenic acid-rich Camelina sativa oil on serum fatty acid composition and serum lipids in hypercholesterolemic subjects by KARVONEN, Henna M, ARO, Antti, TAPOLA, Niina S, SALMINEN, Irma, UUSITUPA, Matti I. J, SARKKINEN, Essi S

“…Camelina sativa-derived oil (camelina oil) is a good source of alpha-linolenic acid. The proportion of alpha-linolenic acid in serum fatty acids is associated…”
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