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Serum fatty acid composition and insulin resistance are independently associated with liver fat markers in elderly men
- Source :
- Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 87:379-384
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2010.
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Abstract
- To investigate the relationships of serum fatty acid (FA) composition and estimated desaturase activities with the liver fat marker alanine aminotransferase (ALT).546 Swedish elderly men of a population-based cohort participated in this cross-sectional study. FA composition was assessed in serum cholesterol esters to determine dietary fat quality (e.g. linoleic) and desaturation products (e.g. dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid). Desaturase indices, including stearoyl coenzymeA desaturase-1 (SCD-1), were calculated by FA product-to-precursor ratios.In linear regression analyses adjusting for lifestyle, abdominal obesity and insulin sensitivity, the dietary biomarker linoleic acid (n-6), but not n-3 FAs, was inversely related to ALT. Desaturation products including palmitoleic, oleic, gamma-linolenic and dihomo-gamma-linolenic acids, and Delta6-desaturase and SCD-1 indices were directly related to ALT (all p0.05). After further adjustment for factors previously linked to fatty liver (i.e. serum lipids, adiponectin concentrations), SCD-1 index (p=0.004) and insulin resistance (p0.0001) were independent determinants of ALT activity, whereas waist circumference, triglycerides, non-esterified FA and adiponectin were not.A low dietary intake of linoleic acid and elevated SCD-1 index may contribute to higher ALT activity in elderly men, even independently of obesity and insulin resistance.
- Subjects :
- Male
Aging
medicine.medical_specialty
Linolenic acid
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Linoleic acid
medicine.medical_treatment
Fluoroimmunoassay
Blood lipids
Body Mass Index
chemistry.chemical_compound
Endocrinology
Insulin resistance
Internal medicine
Internal Medicine
Humans
Medicine
Life Style
Aged
Sweden
chemistry.chemical_classification
business.industry
Insulin
Fatty Acids
Fatty acid
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Dietary Fats
Fatty Liver
chemistry
Obesity, Abdominal
Lipogenesis
Regression Analysis
Liver function
Insulin Resistance
business
Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01688227
- Volume :
- 87
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....55bcf8c19dbd43de7f3766fa5dd8e98f