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Public Library of Science, PLoS ONE, 2(11), p. e0149267, 2016

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149267

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Acculturation and Plasma Fatty Acid Concentrations in Hispanic and Chinese-American Adults: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Journal article published in 2016 by Cassandra S. Diep, Rozenn N. Lemaitre, Tzu-An Chen, Tom Baranowski ORCID, Pamela L. Lutsey, Ani W. Manichaikul ORCID, Stephen S. Rich, David E. St Jules, Brian T. Steffen, Michael Y. Tsai, David S. Siscovick, Alexis C. Frazier Wood ORCID
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Abstract

Acculturation to the U.S. is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, but the etiologic pathways are not fully understood. Plasma fatty acid levels exhibit ethnic differences and are emerging as biomarkers and predictors of cardiovascular disease risk. Thus, plasma fatty acids may represent one pathway underlying the association between acculturation and cardiovascular disease. We investigated the cross-sectional relationship between acculturation and plasma phospholipid fatty acids in a diverse sample of Hispanic- and Chinese-American adults.