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Plasma homocysteine response to folic acid intervention in ischaemic heart disease patients: implications for food fortification policy. By P. TIGHE 1 , M. WARD 1 , H. MCNULTY 1 , O. FINNEGAN 2 , J.J. STRAIN 1 , A. DUNNE 3 , A.M. MOLLOY 4 and J.M. SCOTT 4 , 1 Northern Ireland Centre for Diet and Health, University of Ulster, Coleraine, UK, BT52 1SA, 2 Coronary Care Unit, Causeway Hospital, Coleraine, UK, BT52 1HS, 3 Department of Statistics, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Republic of Ireland and 4 Department of Biochemistry, Trinity College, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Food fortification with folic acid is primarily aimed at reducing neural tube defects, but is also expected to have some benefit in terms of CVD via a homocysteine (Hcy)-lowering effect. One recent meta- analysis has estimated that a 3 mmol/l decrease in total Hcy (tHcy) concentrations could reduce the risk of IHD by 16%, deep-vein thrombosis by 25% and stroke by 24% (Wald et al. 2002). Controversy currently exists, however, regarding the dose of folic acid required to achieve optimal Hcy lowering in IHD patients, with some suggesting that the dose necessary may be as high as 0.8 mg folic acid/d, which is unlikely to be achievable through food fortification (Wald et al. 2001). The aim of the present study, therefore, was to determine the minimum effective dose of folic acid required to achieve a significant reduction in tHcy concentration in IHD patients. In an attempt to mimic food fortification, which by its nature involves chronic exposure, the duration of the intervention period was 26 weeks. IHD patients (n 101) were recruited from the coronary care unit, Causeway Hospital on the basis of having previously had a myocardial infarction (at least 3 months before commencing intervention) or having angina diagnosed by electrocardiogram changes. The patients were then stratified into one of four groups on the basis of their initial screening tHcy, to receive either placebo, 0.2, 0.4 or 0.8 mg folic acid daily for 26 weeks. Fasting blood samples (20 ml) were collected at baseline and post-intervention and analysed for tHcy (ImX) and serum folate (microbiological assay). The status of other B vitamins relevant to Hcy metabolism were assessed at baseline and all patients were found to be within the normal range (results not shown). Intervention group ... Placebo (n 22) 0.2 mg (n 22) 0.4 mg (n 26) 0.8 mg (n 31) Median IQR Median IQR Median IQR Median IQR tHcy (mmol/l) Pre-intervention 12.4 10.1, 17.0 12.1 9.4, 18.4 13.2 10.2, 16.2 13.1 10.7, 16.1 Post-intervention 11.6 10.4, 16.6 9.9 8.1, 15.1 10.7 9.0, 13.2 10.6 8.3, 12.3 Absolute change -0.4 a -1.0, 0.6 -2.7 b -4.0, -1.9 -2.3 b -3.7, -0.4 -2.7 b -4.5, -1.3 Percentage change -2.7 a -7.3, 5.6 -22.0 b -27.7, -8.5 -15.8 b -24.1, -3.6 -19.5 b -31.2, -10.8 Serum folate (mg/l) Pre-intervention 7.6 4.7, 11.1 6.4 4.4, 9.4 7.8 5.1, 9.5 7.3 5.2, 10.7 Post-intervention 6.7 4.2, 11.5 13.3 9.0, 16.3 25.0 16.1, 31.0 32.3 26.3, 38.6 Absolute change -1.1 a -1.7, 1.4 4.8 b 1.8, 10.2 13.3 c 9.9, 21.4 25.8 d 19.0, 31.4 Percentage change -8.8 a -26.8, 37.8 87.6 b 45.1, 187.7 209.8 c 92.7, 348.7 346.8 d 167.1, 508.5 IQR, interquartile range. a,b,c,d Median values with unlike superscript letters are significantly different (ANOVA) (P<0.05; LSD). Contrary to previous studies, the results of the present intervention indicate that a dose as low as 0.2 mg folic acid/d will bring about a significant reduction in tHcy and higher doses of folic acid may be neither appropriate nor necessary. The demonstration that higher doses are unnecessary is particularly relevant given that fortification is untargeted; therefore, ensuring that the required dose is reached in a population inevitably means that some people will be exposed to very high levels. Previous studies may have underestimated the effect of lower doses, either because of too short an intervention period or poor compliance with the intervention regimen. This research was funded by the Northern Ireland Chest, Heart and Stroke Association. Wald DS, Bishop L, Wald NJ, Law M, Hennessy E, Weir D, McPartlin J & Scott J (2001) Archives of Internal Medicine 161, 695–700. Wald DS, Law M & Morris JK (2002) British Medical Journal 325, 1202–1208. The use of stochastic modelling to estimate the potential benefit of fortifying white bread with folic acid for the prevention of neural tube defects. By T. JOYCE, E.M. HANNON, M. KIELY and A. FLYNN, Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Republic of Ireland Low compliance by women of reproductive years with advice to use folic acid supplements for the prevention of neural tube defects (NTD) has led to the implementation of mandatory fortification of staple foods with folic acid in some countries. However, this may not be adopted in other countries. An alternative could be to enhance folic acid uptake from foods voluntarily fortified with folic acid. In Ireland, one possible food vehicle for such fortification could be wrapped white bread. In the present study, stochastic modelling (@ Risk, version 4.5; Palisade, Newfield, NY, USA) using dietary intake data from the North/South Ireland Food Consumption Survey (NSIFCS; Irish Universities Nutrition Alliance, 2001) was carried out to assess the impact of folic acid fortification of white bread on folate intakes and on the reduction in risk of NTD (Daly et al. 1997) in women aged 18–50 years. The impact of four levels of folic acid fortification (100, 200, 300 and 400 mg/100 g) at four levels of consumption (mean of 10, 20, 50 and 100% of the white bread fortified) was assessed. Mean percentage of white bread fortified 10 20 50 100 Fortification level of 100 mg/100 g Mean increase in folic acid intakes (mg/d) 4 8 19 37 Percentage decrease in NTD risk 1 2 4 8 Fortification level of 200 mg/100 g Mean increase in folic acid intakes (mg/d) 9 17 43 86 Percentage decrease in NTD risk 2 4 9 19 Fortification level of 300 mg/100 g Mean increase in folic acid intakes (mg/d) 14 27 66 133 Percentage decrease in NTD risk 3 6 14 28 Fortification level of 40 0 mg/100 g Mean increase in folic acid intakes (mg/d) 19 36 89 178 Percentage decrease in NTD risk 4 8 19 37 In the NSIFCS, 1.6 % of foods (forty-seven) were voluntarily fortified with folic acid. Of these, over 76 % were ready-to-eat breakfast cereals (EM Hannon, M Kiely and A Flynn, unpublished results). Food voluntarily fortified with folic acid contributed 31 mg of the mean daily total folate intake (257 mg) of women aged 18–50 years which corresponds to a reduction in NTD risk of almost 7% (Daly et al. 1997). Modelling of folic acid fortification of white bread, which was consumed by 90% of women aged 18–50 years (mean daily intake in consumers of 50 g), showed that significant increases in the intakes of folic acid could be achieved by this means. For example, with a mean of 50% of the white bread fortified, up to 19% of a reduction in NTD risk could be achieved at a fortification level of 400 mg/100 g. Modelling studies will also need to be carried out to assess the probability of the occurrence of excess intakes of folic acid in older age groups at risk of vitamin B 12 deficiency. Daly S, Mills JL, Molloy AM, Conley M, Lee YJ, Kirke PN, Weir DG & Scott JM (1997) Lancet 350, 1666–1669. Irish Universities Nutrition Alliance (2001) North/South Ireland Food Consumption Survey Database. www.iuna.net Vol. 63 Meeting of 5–8 July 2004 51A

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  • Plasm

    ahomocysteine

    response

    tofolicacid

    intervention

    inischaem

    icheart

    disease

    patients:

    implications

    for

    food

    fortification

    policy.

    By

    P.

    TIG

    HE

    1,

    M.

    WA

    RD

    1,

    H.

    MCN

    UL

    TY

    1,

    O.

    FIN

    NE

    GA

    N2,

    J.J.

    ST

    RA

    IN1,

    A.

    DU

    NN

    E3,

    A.M

    .M

    OL

    LO

    Y4

    and

    J.M

    .S

    CO

    TT

    4,

    1NorthernIreland

    CentreforDietandHealth,University

    ofUlster,

    Coleraine,

    UK,BT521SA,

    2Coronary

    Care

    Unit,

    CausewayHospital,Coleraine,

    UK,BT521HS,

    3DepartmentofStatistics,

    University

    CollegeDublin,

    Belfield,Dublin

    4,RepublicofIreland

    and

    4DepartmentofBiochem

    istry,

    TrinityCollege,

    Dublin,

    RepublicofIreland

    Food

    fort

    ifica

    tion

    wit

    hfo

    lic

    acid

    ispri

    mar

    ily

    aim

    edat

    reduci

    ng

    neu

    ral

    tube

    def

    ects

    ,but

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    soex

    pec

    ted

    tohav

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    me

    ben

    efit

    inte

    rms

    of

    CV

    Dvia

    ahom

    ocy

    stei

    ne

    (Hcy

    )-lo

    wer

    ing

    effe

    ct.

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    rece

    nt

    met

    a-

    anal

    ysi

    shas

    esti

    mat

    edth

    ata

    3mm

    ol/

    ldec

    reas

    ein

    tota

    lH

    cy(t

    Hcy

    )co

    nce

    ntr

    atio

    ns

    could

    reduce

    the

    risk

    of

    IHD

    by

    16

    %,

    dee

    p-v

    ein

    thro

    mbosi

    sby

    25

    %an

    dst

    roke

    by

    24

    %(W

    aldet

    al.

    2002).

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    over

    sy

    curr

    entl

    yex

    ists

    ,how

    ever

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    gar

    din

    gth

    edose

    of

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    gin

    IHD

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    ients

    ,w

    ith

    som

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    that

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    be

    achie

    vab

    leth

    rough

    food

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    ifica

    tion

    (Wal

    det

    al.

    2001).

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    aim

    of

    the

    pre

    sent

    study,

    ther

    efore

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    asto

    det

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    ine

    the

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    imum

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    tHcy

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    ,16.1

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    -inte

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    tion

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    10.4

    ,16.6

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    10.7

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    10.6

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    lute

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    ge

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    a-7

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    0.8

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    um

    fola

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    re-i

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    -inte

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    lute

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    esea

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    (01/A

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    acknow

    ledge

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    ional

    support

    from

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    dC

    ance

    r

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    earc

    hF

    und

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    129

    132.

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    282301.

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    247,

    322324.

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    ove

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    256,

    668

    670.

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    relationship

    between

    body

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    index

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    status.

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    dH

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    TY

    1,

    1Northern

    Ireland

    Centre

    forDietand

    Health,University

    ofUlster,

    Coleraine,

    UK,BT52

    1SA,

    2DepartmentofBiochem

    istry,

    Trinity

    College,

    Dublin,Republic

    ofIreland

    and

    3MRC

    Human

    NutritionResearch,Cambridge,

    UK

    Obes

    ity

    atth

    est

    art

    of

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    gnan

    cyis

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    ciat

    edw

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    incr

    ease

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    skof

    man

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    etri

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    cati

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    ldocu

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    ciat

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    atio

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    udin

    gneu

    ral

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    def

    ects

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    atco

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    ith

    non-o

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    wom

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    ew

    om

    enar

    eat

    agre

    ater

    risk

    of

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    cted

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    gnan

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    fect

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    ined

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    tary

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    tein

    take

    or

    non-u

    seof

    foli

    cac

    idsu

    pple

    men

    tati

    on

    (Shaw

    etal.

    1996;

    Wer

    leret

    al.

    1996).

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    aybe

    poss

    ible

    ther

    efore

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    stat

    us

    of

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    tean

    d/o

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    erre

    late

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    en,

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    fola

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    involv

    ed.

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    amin

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    ere

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    wee

    nB

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    sma

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    stei

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    nct

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    2001).

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    study

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    the

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    18

    to44

    yea

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    the

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    gnan

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    tvar

    iety

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    (DV

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    adie

    tdiv

    ersi

    tysc

    ore

    (DD

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    wer

    e

    calc

    ula

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    each

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    oti

    me

    poin

    ts.

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    DV

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    asth

    eto

    tal

    num

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    of

    food

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    s

    consu

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    7d

    wher

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    the

    DD

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    the

    num

    ber

    of

    food

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    consu

    med

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    each

    moth

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    her

    more

    ,m

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    neo

    phobia

    score

    san

    dvar

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    -see

    kin

    gbeh

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    eca

    lcula

    ted.

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    tvar

    iety

    was

    the

    sam

    efo

    rpre

    gnan

    cyan

    dla

    ctat

    ion,

    (mea

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    3.9

    ;ra

    ngin

    gfr

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    18

    to

    61)

    wher

    eas

    DD

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    pre

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    Y,DepartmentofFood

    and

    NutritionalSciences,University

    CollegeCork,Cork,RepublicofIreland

    Hil

    let

    al.

    (2004)

    show

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    atdie

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    win

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    the

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    Univ

    ersi

    ties

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    itio

    nA

    llia

    nce

    ,2001).

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    afr

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    afr

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    om

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    yea

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    and

    Food,

    1997).

    The

    vit

    amin

    Dfo

    od

    com

    posi

    tion

    dat

    aw

    ere

    obta

    ined

    from

    McC

    ance

    andWiddowsonstheCompositionofFoods

    (Holl

    andet

    al.

    1991)

    and

    rece

    ntl

    ypubli

    shed

    vit

    amin

    Dval

    ues

    (Hil

    let

    al.

    2004).

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    ting

    seru

    mle

    vel

    sof

    25-h

    ydro

    xyvit

    amin

    D(2

    5(O

    H)D

    )w

    ere

    det

    erm

    ined

    usi

    ng

    anen

    zym

    eim

    munoas

    say

    (ID

    SL

    td,

    Bold

    on,

    Tyne

    and

    Wea

    r,U

    K)

    inth

    ew

    om

    enag

    ed

    bet

    wee

    n50

    and

    70

    yea

    rsan

    dby

    HP

    LC

    inth

    egir

    lsan

    dth

    ew

    om

    en>7

    0yea

    rs.

    Est

    imat

    esof

    vit

    amin

    Din

    take

    should

    alw

    ays

    spec

    ify

    nutr

    itio

    nal

    supple

    men

    tuse

    and

    the

    clea

    r

    dif

    fere

    nce

    sin

    the

    inta

    ke

    val

    ues

    that

    incl

    uded

    (WS

    )an

    dex

    cluded

    (NS

    )su

    pple

    men

    tsar

    esh

    ow

    nin

    the

    Tab

    le.

    Inta

    kes

    wer

    esi

    gnifi

    cantl

    ydif

    fere

    nt

    (P

  • Evaluation

    of

    adietary

    checklist

    toassess

    fruit

    and

    vegetable

    consumption.

    By

    A.C

    .

    HA

    RD

    CA

    ST

    LE

    2,

    R.

    SA

    ND

    ISO

    N1,

    S.A

    .N

    EW

    3,

    D.M

    .R

    EID

    1,2

    and

    H.M

    .M

    ACD

    ON

    AL

    D1,2

    ,1OsteoporosisResearch

    Unit,University

    ofAberdeen,WoolmanhillHospital,

    Aberdeen,UK,AB25

    1LD,

    2DepartmentofMedicineandTherapeutics,University

    ofAberdeen,Aberdeen,UK,AB252ZD

    and

    3CentreforNutritionandFoodSafety,SchoolofBiomedicalandLifeSciences,

    University

    of

    Surrey,Guildford,UK,GU27XH

    Ther

    ear

    ea

    var

    iety

    of

    met

    hodolo

    gie

    sav

    aila

    ble

    for

    the

    asse

    ssm

    ent

    of

    die

    tary

    inta

    ke.

    The

    use

    of

    any

    met

    hod

    should

    be

    consi

    der

    edw

    ith

    resp

    ect

    toit

    sval

    idit

    yan

    dre

    pro

    duci

    bil

    ity,

    espec

    iall

    ygiv

    enth

    atdie

    tary

    val

    idat

    ion

    studie

    sdo

    not

    com

    par

    ea

    met

    hod

    wit

    hth

    eab

    solu

    tetr

    uth

    ,but

    use

    aco

    mpar

    ison

    of

    one

    tech

    niq

    ue

    whic

    hhas

    dif

    fere

    nt

    lim

    itat

    ions

    toth

    atof

    anoth

    er(W

    ille

    tt,

    1990).

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    aim

    of

    the

    pre

    sent

    study

    was

    toev

    aluat

    eth

    euse

    of

    adie

    tary

    chec

    kli

    stfo

    ras

    sess

    men

    tof

    fruit

    and

    veg

    etab

    leco

    nsu

    mpti

    on

    whic

    his

    quic

    kto

    com

    ple

    tean

    dan

    alyse

    ,in

    com

    par

    ison

    wit

    han

    esti

    mat

    edport

    ion

    size

    food

    dia

    ryw

    hic

    hpla

    ces

    a

    gre

    ater

    burd

    enon

    par

    tici

    pan

    tsan

    dre

    sear

    cher

    ssi

    nce

    they

    are

    more

    tim

    eco

    nsu

    min

    gto

    anal

    yse

    .

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    subje

    cts

    wer

    ew

    om

    en(m

    ean

    age

    59.6

    2.1

    yea

    rs)

    who

    had

    bee

    nre

    cruit

    edin

    1990

    3

    aspar

    t

    of

    the

    Aber

    dee

    nP

    rosp

    ecti

    ve

    Ost

    eoporo

    sis

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    eenin

    gS

    tudy,

    the

    maj

    ori

    tyof

    whom

    retu

    rned

    in

    19972000

    for

    ase

    cond

    vis

    it.

    Asu

    bse

    t(n

    279)

    was

    recr

    uit

    edin

    2003

    topar

    tici

    pat

    ein

    a2-y

    ear

    inte

    rven

    tion

    study.

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    tary

    inta

    ke

    was

    asse

    ssed

    usi

    ng

    the

    EP

    ICfo

    od

    dia

    ry(M

    cKeo

    wnet

    al.

    2001)

    and

    a

    3d

    fruit

    and

    veg

    etab

    ledie

    tary

    chec

    kli

    st.

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    food

    dia

    ryw

    asco

    mple

    ted

    for

    aper

    iod

    of

    4d

    (incl

    udin

    gone

    wee

    ken

    dday

    )an

    dw

    asan

    alyse

    dusi

    ng

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    Die

    tsco

    mpute

    rpro

    gra

    m(R

    ober

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    ord

    on

    Univ

    ersi

    ty,

    Sco

    tlan

    d).

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    one-

    pag

    ech

    eckli

    stw

    asan

    alyse

    dusi

    ng

    stan

    dar

    dfo

    od

    port

    ion

    size

    s.W

    eighte

    dkap

    pa

    (Kw

    )

    was

    use

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    am

    easu

    reof

    cross

    -cla

    ssifi

    cati

    on.

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    par

    isons

    infr

    uit

    and

    veg

    etab

    lein

    takes

    bet

    wee

    nth

    efo

    od

    dia

    ryan

    dch

    eckli

    star

    esh

    ow

    nin

    the

    Tab

    le.

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    lfr

    uit

    incl

    uded

    tinned

    and

    dri

    edfr

    uit

    s;ro

    ot

    veg

    etab

    les

    incl

    uded

    bee

    troot

    and

    oth

    erro

    ots

    (excl

    udin

    gpota

    toes

    );an

    dgre

    enan

    dco

    loure

    dveg

    etab

    les

    incl

    uded

    sala

    ds,

    tom

    atoes

    ,onio

    ns

    and

    pep

    per

    s.

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    gro

    up

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    dia

    ryC

    hec

    kli

    stC

    om

    par

    ison

    Med

    ian

    (g/d

    )R

    ange

    (g/d

    )%

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    ing

    each

    gro

    up

    Med

    ian

    (g/d

    )R

    ange

    (g/d

    )%

    Eat

    ing

    each

    gro

    up

    Corr

    ect

    clas

    sifi

    cati

    on

    Mis

    clas

    sifi

    cati

    on

    >one

    quar

    tile

    Kw

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    itju

    ice

    38

    0480

    53.4

    83

    01167

    58.7

    53.0

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    0.4

    6F

    resh

    fruit

    185

    0848

    95.5

    322

    02670

    99.0

    39.0

    19.0

    0.3

    3T

    ota

    lfr

    uit

    251

    0848

    97.6

    452

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    0.3

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    reen

    and

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    ure

    dveg

    etab

    les

    80

    309

    98.3

    144

    01445

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    21.9

    0.2

    5

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    les

    80

    153

    54.5

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    69.0

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    ota

    lveg

    etab

    les

    130

    0440

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    191

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    99.6

    34.8

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    0.2

    3

    One-

    thir

    dof

    the

    subje

    cts

    report

    edea

    ting

    the

    reco

    mm

    ended

    five

    port

    ions

    of

    fruit

    and

    veg

    etab

    les/

    d

    inth

    edia

    ries

    ,an

    d69.6

    %re

    port

    edth

    isin

    thei

    rch

    eckli

    sts.

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    the

    par

    tici

    pan

    ts,

    11.8

    %re

    port

    edea

    ting

    tw

    oport

    ions

    of

    100

    gof

    fruit

    per

    dby

    the

    chec

    kli

    st,

    and

    38

    %re

    port

    edth

    isin

    the

    food

    dia

    ry.

    More

    subje

    cts

    report

    edea

    tingt

    wo

    port

    ions

    of

    veg

    etab

    les/

    d(5

    3.4

    %in

    the

    chec

    kli

    stan

    d74.6

    %in

    the

    dia

    ry).

    Fai

    rag

    reem

    ent

    was

    found

    inth

    eas

    sess

    men

    tof

    fruit

    and

    veg

    etab

    lein

    take

    bet

    wee

    nth

    etw

    ote

    chniq

    ues

    (Kw>0

    .20)

    (Alt

    man

    ,1991)

    wit

    hgre

    ater

    mis

    clas

    sifi

    cati

    ons

    bei

    ng

    found

    for

    the

    veg

    etab

    legro

    ups

    com

    par

    edw

    ith

    the

    fruit

    gro

    ups,

    whic

    hm

    aybe

    expla

    ined

    inpar

    tby

    the

    over

    -est

    imat

    ion

    of

    par

    ticu

    lar

    item

    s(f

    or

    exam

    ple

    ,onio

    ns,

    pep

    per

    s)in

    the

    chec

    kli

    st.

    Alt

    hough

    furt

    her

    eval

    uat

    ion

    of

    the

    die

    tary

    chec

    kli

    st

    isre

    quir

    edan

    dit

    suse

    should

    be

    trea

    ted

    wit

    hso

    me

    cauti

    on,

    par

    ticu

    larl

    yw

    ith

    resp

    ect

    toport

    ion

    size

    s,it

    is

    ause

    ful

    tool

    for

    the

    rapid

    asse

    ssm

    ent

    of

    fruit

    and

    veg

    etab

    lein

    take.

    This

    work

    was

    funded

    by

    the

    Food

    Sta

    ndar

    ds

    Agen

    cy.

    Any

    vie

    ws

    expre

    ssed

    are

    the

    auth

    ors

    ow

    n.

    Alt

    man

    DG

    (1991)PracticalStatisticsforMedicalResearch

    ,pp.

    404409.

    London:

    Chap

    man

    and

    Hal

    l.M

    cKeo

    wn

    NM

    ,D

    ayN

    E,

    Wel

    chA

    A,

    Runsw

    ick

    SA

    ,L

    uben

    RN

    ,M

    ull

    igan

    AA

    ,M

    cTag

    gar

    tA

    &B

    ingham

    SA

    (2001)American

    JournalofClinicalNutrition74,

    188196.

    Wil

    lett

    WC

    (1990)NutritionalEpidem

    iology,

    pp.

    127132.

    Oxfo

    rd:

    Oxfo

    rdU

    niv

    ersi

    tyP

    ress

    .

    Factors

    associatedwithcompliance

    withthepopulationgoals

    forintakes

    offruit

    andvegetables

    anddietary

    fibre

    inIrishadults.

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    M.

    CO

    SG

    RO

    VE

    ,M

    .M.

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    AL

    VIN

    ,A

    .F

    LY

    NN

    and

    M.

    KIE

    LY

    ,DepartmentofFood

    and

    NutritionalSciences,

    University

    College

    Cork,Cork,

    RepublicofIreland

    Usi

    ng

    dat

    afr

    om

    the

    Nort

    h/S

    outh

    Irel

    and

    Food

    Consu

    mpti

    on

    Surv

    ey(N

    SIF

    CS

    )(I

    rish

    Univ

    ersi

    ties

    Nutr

    itio

    nA

    llia

    nce

    ,2001),

    Gal

    vin

    etal.

    (2001)

    and

    OB

    rien

    etal.

    (2003)

    show

    edth

    atin

    takes

    of

    fruit

    and

    veg

    etab

    les

    and

    die

    tary

    fibre

    (DF

    )ar

    elo

    win

    Iris

    had

    ult

    s.T

    he

    NS

    IFC

    Ses

    tim

    ated

    hab

    itual

    food

    and

    bev

    erag

    ein

    takes

    usi

    ng

    a7

    dfo

    od

    dia

    ryin

    1379

    random

    lyse

    lect

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    ult

    s,ag

    ed18

    64

    yea

    rs.

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    ng

    the

    food

    consu

    mpti

    on

    dat

    aco

    nst

    ruct

    edby

    list

    ing

    each

    food

    asco

    nsu

    med

    incl

    udin

    gport

    ion

    wei

    ght

    and

    nutr

    ients

    obta

    ined

    per

    port

    ion,

    the

    pre

    sent

    study

    des

    crib

    esdie

    tary

    hab

    its

    that

    bes

    tdif

    fere

    nti

    ate

    com

    pli

    ers

    and

    non-c

    om

    pli

    ers

    wit

    hboth

    of

    the

    popula

    tion

    goal

    sfo

    rin

    takes

    of

    fruit

    and

    veg

    etab

    les

    (400

    g)

    and

    DF

    (>25

    g).

    Fru

    itan

    dveg

    etab

    lein

    takes

    are

    bas

    edfr

    om

    dis

    cret

    eport

    ions

    and

    com

    posi

    tedis

    hes

    .B

    inar

    y

    logis

    tic

    regre

    ssio

    nan

    alysi

    sid

    enti

    fied

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    elat

    edfa

    ctors

    that

    pre

    dic

    ted

    the

    likel

    ihood

    of

    bei

    ng

    a

    mem

    ber

    of

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    pli

    ers

    gro

    up.

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    dic

    tors

    BS

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    emen

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    (excl

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    cohol)

    (MJ)

    1.8

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    eget

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    )(g

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    0.0

    91

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    21.6

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    s)(g

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    0.0

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    19.9

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    (g/d

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    14.6

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    )(g

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    0.0

    37

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    21.2

    82.3

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    0.0

    72

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    14.1

    42.0

    91.6

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    (g/d

    )0.1

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    6.6

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    71.6

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    y(i

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    )(g

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    -0.0

    43

    0.0

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    0.0

    36

    4.3

    40.7

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    29.2

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    crem

    ent

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    em

    edia

    ndai

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    od

    ener

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    ke

    and

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    crem

    ent

    inth

    em

    edia

    ndai

    lyfo

    od

    inta

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    (g)

    inco

    nsu

    mer

    sonly

    .

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    the

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    had

    ult

    s,45

    %w

    ere

    com

    pli

    ers

    (of

    whic

    h53

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    ere

    men

    and

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    %

    (of

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    %w

    ere

    men

    and

    72

    %w

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    en)

    wer

    enon-c

    om

    pli

    ers

    wit

    hboth

    of

    the

    popula

    tion

    goal

    sfo

    r

    fruit

    and

    veg

    etab

    les

    and

    DF

    inta

    kes

    .F

    ood

    ener

    gy

    was

    asi

    gnifi

    cant

    (P

  • Sizedoes

    notmatter:validationofamicro-m

    ethodforadipose

    tissuebiopsy

    formeasurementof

    fatty

    acid

    composition.

    By

    F.F

    .M.

    CH

    ON

    G,

    A.S

    .T.

    BIC

    KE

    RT

    ON

    ,B

    .A.

    FIE

    LD

    ING

    and

    K.N

    .

    FR

    AY

    N,Oxford

    CentreforDiabetes,Endocrinologyand

    Metabolism

    ,ChurchillHospital,

    Oxford,

    UK,OX37LJ

    The

    fatt

    yac

    idco

    mposi

    tion

    of

    subcu

    taneo

    us

    adip

    ose

    tiss

    ue

    (AT

    )obta

    ined

    usi

    ng

    the

    met

    hods

    of

    Hir

    sch

    etal.

    (1960)

    and

    Bey

    nen

    &K

    atan

    (1985)

    for

    AT

    sam

    pli

    ng

    hav

    ebee

    nsh

    ow

    nto

    refl

    ect

    the

    long-t

    erm

    die

    tary

    inta

    ke

    of

    fatt

    yac

    ids

    inin

    terv

    enti

    onal

    and

    cross

    -sec

    tional

    studie

    s(G

    arla

    ndet

    al.

    1998).

    The

    min

    imum

    requir

    emen

    tof

    the

    bio

    psy

    nee

    dle

    is1.5

    mm

    dia

    met

    er(1

    9-g

    auge

    (19G

    )fo

    r

    Hir

    schs

    met

    hod

    and

    17G

    for

    Bey

    nen

    sm

    ethod)

    soth

    atsm

    all,

    but

    vis

    ible

    ,am

    ounts

    of

    AT

    can

    be

    coll

    ecte

    dfo

    rfa

    tty

    acid

    anal

    ysi

    s(B

    eynen

    &K

    atan

    ,1985).

    We

    hypoth

    esis

    edth

    atfa

    tty

    acid

    anal

    ysi

    sca

    n

    be

    carr

    ied

    out

    wit

    hev

    ensm

    alle

    ram

    ounts

    of

    AT

    and

    we

    sought

    todev

    elop

    ale

    ssin

    vas

    ive

    met

    hod

    of

    bio

    psy

    .

    We

    per

    form

    edtw

    oA

    Tbio

    psi

    eson

    ten

    norm

    al,

    hea

    lthy

    subje

    cts

    under

    loca

    lan

    aest

    hes

    ia.

    The

    firs

    t

    bio

    psy

    was

    taken

    usi

    ng

    an18G

    nee

    dle

    and

    syri

    nge

    from

    one

    side

    of

    the

    abdom

    enan

    duse

    ddir

    ectl

    yfo

    r

    lipid

    extr

    acti

    on.

    The

    oth

    erbio

    psy

    was

    taken

    usi

    ng

    a21G

    butt

    erfl

    ynee

    dle

    that

    was

    par

    tof

    aV

    acuta

    iner

    blo

    od

    coll

    ecti

    on

    syst

    em,

    anal

    ogous

    toB

    eynen

    sm

    ethod.

    AT

    was

    init

    iall

    ynot

    clea

    rly

    vis

    ible

    inth

    e

    tubin

    gof

    the

    21G

    nee

    dle

    .W

    hen

    flush

    edw

    ith

    sali

    ne

    (3m

    l)in

    toa

    gla

    sstu

    be

    and

    centr

    ifuged

    (1000

    rpm

    ,

    1m

    in),

    gli

    sten

    ing

    fat

    glo

    bule

    sw

    ere

    seen

    on

    the

    surf

    ace.

    Thes

    ew

    ere

    aspir

    ated

    and

    use

    dfo

    rli

    pid

    extr

    acti

    on.

    Tw

    ofu

    rther

    layer

    s(e

    ach

    appro

    xim

    atel

    y0.5

    ml)

    wer

    eth

    enas

    pir

    ated

    and

    use

    dfo

    rli

    pid

    extr

    acti

    on.

    Fat

    tyac

    idco

    mposi

    tion

    of

    the

    lipid

    extr

    acts

    was

    anal

    yse

    dby

    GC

    .N

    obru

    ises

    wer

    ese

    enusi

    ng

    the

    21G

    nee

    dle

    ,co

    mpar

    edw

    ith

    vis

    ible

    blu

    e-bla

    ckm

    arks

    by

    the

    18G

    nee

    dle

    afte

    r24

    h.

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    tyac

    id(g

    /100

    g)...

    14

    :016

    :016

    :1n-7

    18

    :018

    :1n

    -918

    :2n-6

    20

    :1n

    -920

    :4n-6

    20

    :5n

    -322

    :6n-3

    21G

    (n10)

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    621.7

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    40.5

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    50.0

    4

    The

    fatt

    yac

    idco

    mposi

    tion

    of

    AT

    taken

    usi

    ng

    the

    18G

    nee

    dle

    and

    the

    21G

    nee

    dle

    are

    ver

    y

    sim

    ilar

    (P=0

    .6usi

    ng

    repea

    ted

    mea

    sure

    san

    alysi

    s),

    pro

    vin

    gth

    atonly

    ver

    yti

    ny

    amounts

    of

    AT

    are

    nee

    ded

    toan

    alyse

    fatt

    yac

    idco

    mposi

    tion.

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    com

    posi

    tion

    of

    the

    nex

    tla

    yer

    aspir

    ated

    was

    also

    sim

    ilar

    (res

    ult

    s

    not

    show

    n),

    but

    the

    thir

    dla

    yer

    show

    eda

    fatt

    yac

    idco

    mposi

    tion

    rese

    mbli

    ng

    that

    of

    phosp

    holi

    pid

    s(f

    or

    exam

    ple

    ,20

    :2,

    1.7

    7g/1

    00

    g;

    20

    :4,

    4g/1

    00

    g).

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    concl

    ude

    that

    was

    hin

    gw

    ith

    sali

    ne

    and

    centr

    ifugat

    ion

    effe

    ctiv

    ely

    separ

    ated

    AT

    tria

    cylg

    lyce

    rol

    from

    blo

    od

    conta

    min

    atio

    n.

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    impli

    cati

    on

    of

    the

    pre

    sent

    study

    isth

    atit

    isunnec

    essa

    ryfo

    rsu

    bje

    cts

    tounder

    go

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    mfo

    rtab

    lean

    din

    vas

    ive

    met

    hods

    of

    sam

    pli

    ng

    toobta

    inA

    Tfo

    rfa

    tty

    acid

    anal

    ysi

    s.T

    his

    met

    hod

    of

    sam

    pli

    ng

    isea

    syan

    dsi

    mil

    arto

    aro

    uti

    ne

    ven

    epunct

    ure

    ,al

    low

    ing

    appli

    cati

    on

    on

    ala

    rge

    scal

    e.

    Bey

    nen

    AC

    &K

    atan

    MB

    (1985)AmericanJournalofClinicalNutrition42,

    317322.

    Gar

    land

    M,

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    ks

    FM

    ,C

    old

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    ,R

    imm

    EB

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    nL

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    let

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    &H

    unte

    rD

    J(1

    998)AmericanJournalofClinical

    Nutrition67,

    2530.

    Hir

    sch

    J,F

    arquhar

    JW,

    Ahre

    ns

    EH

    Jr,

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    erso

    nM

    L&

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    ffel

    W(1

    960)AmericanJournalofClinicalNutrition8,

    499

    511.

    Deleteriouseffectsofskippingbreakfast

    onlipid

    andcarbohydrate

    metabolism

    inleanhealthy

    women.

    By

    H.R

    .F

    AR

    SH

    CH

    I1,

    M.A

    .T

    AY

    LO

    R1

    and

    I.A

    .M

    AC

    DO

    NA

    LD

    1,SchoolofBiomedical

    Sciences,Queens

    MedicalCentre,

    Nottingham,UK,NG72UH

    Bre

    akfa

    stco

    nsu

    mpti

    on

    appea

    rsto

    hav

    edec

    lined

    inth

    ela

    stfe

    wdec

    ades

    (Hai

    nes

    etal.

    1996)

    and

    eati

    ng

    bre

    akfa

    st,

    espec

    iall

    yce

    real

    ,is

    asso

    ciat

    edw

    ith

    alo

    wer

    risk

    of

    obes

    ity

    (Cho

    etal.

    2003).

    Ser

    um

    chole

    ster

    ol

    conce

    ntr

    atio

    nis

    report

    edto

    be

    low

    erin

    adult

    sea

    ting

    bre

    akfa

    st(E

    B)

    and

    hig

    her

    among

    those

    not

    (Sta

    nto

    n&

    Kea

    st,

    1989).

    No

    study,

    toour

    know

    ledge,

    has

    inves

    tigat

    edth

    eef

    fect

    of

    skip

    pin

    g

    bre

    akfa

    st(S

    B)

    on

    var

    ious

    aspec

    tof

    ener

    gy

    met

    aboli

    sm.

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    the

    pre

    sent

    study

    eval

    uat

    edth

    eef

    fect

    of

    EB

    or

    SB

    on

    adult

    ener

    gy,

    carb

    ohydra

    tean

    dli

    pid

    met

    aboli

    sm.

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    hea

    lthy

    wom

    en(B

    MI

    23.2

    ( SD

    1.4

    )kg/m

    2)

    wer

    ere

    cruit

    edaf

    ter

    giv

    ing

    info

    rmed

    conse

    nt.

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    hsu

    bje

    ctpar

    tici

    pat

    edin

    ara

    ndom

    ised

    cross

    -over

    tria

    lw

    hic

    hen

    com

    pas

    sed

    two

    14

    din

    terv

    enti

    on

    per

    iods;

    EB

    inone

    of

    them

    and

    SB

    inth

    eoth

    erw

    ith

    a2-w

    eek

    was

    hout

    per

    iod

    bet

    wee

    n.

    InE

    B,

    subje

    cts

    wer

    eas

    ked

    toco

    nsu

    me

    apac

    kof

    whole

    gra

    ince

    real

    (Kel

    loggs

    ,U

    K,

    45

    g)

    wit

    h200

    ml

    sem

    i-sk

    imm

    ed

    mil

    kbet

    wee

    n07.0

    0an

    d08.0

    0hours

    and

    eat

    ach

    oco

    late

    bar

    (Nes

    tle,

    48

    g)

    at10.3

    011.0

    0hours

    .T

    hen

    ,

    they

    consu

    med

    four

    furt

    her

    mea

    lsof

    sim

    ilar

    conte

    nt

    tousu

    alin

    the

    rest

    of

    the

    day

    atpre

    det

    erm

    ined

    tim

    esev

    ery

    day

    for

    2w

    eeks.

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    B,

    subje

    cts

    consu

    med

    the

    choco

    late

    at10.3

    011.0

    0hours

    ,an

    dth

    enhad

    the

    cere

    alan

    dse

    mi-

    skim

    med

    mil

    kat

    12.0

    012.3

    0hours

    .T

    hen

    ,th

    eyco

    nsu

    med

    four

    furt

    her

    mea

    lsof

    sim

    ilar

    conte

    nt

    tousu

    alas

    for

    EB

    .S

    ubje

    cts

    consu

    med

    thei

    rnorm

    aldie

    tfo

    ra

    2-w

    eek

    was

    hout

    per

    iod

    bet

    wee

    nth

    etw

    oin

    terv

    enti

    on

    per

    iods.

    Subje

    cts

    reco

    rded

    thei

    rfo

    od

    inta

    ke

    on

    3d

    duri

    ng

    each

    inte

    rven

    tion,

    and

    cam

    eto

    the

    labora

    tory

    afte

    ran

    over

    nig

    ht

    fast

    atth

    est

    art

    and

    end

    of

    each

    inte

    rven

    tion

    per

    iod

    and

    thei

    rw

    eight

    and

    anth

    ropom

    etri

    cvar

    iable

    sw

    ere

    mea

    sure

    d.

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    od

    sam

    ple

    sw

    ere

    taken

    for

    glu

    cose

    ,li

    pid

    san

    din

    suli

    nbef

    ore

    and

    for

    3h

    afte

    ra

    test

    mea

    l(m

    ilk

    shak

    eco

    nta

    inin

    g30

    kJ/

    kg,

    50

    %

    carb

    ohydra

    te).

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    Rw

    asm

    easu

    red

    by

    indir

    ect

    calo

    rim

    etry

    bef

    ore

    and

    afte

    rth

    ete

    stm

    eal.

    Rep

    eate

    d-

    mea

    sure

    sA

    NO

    VA

    ,an

    dpai

    redt

    test

    sw

    ere

    use

    dfo

    rth

    est

    atis

    tica

    lco

    mpar

    isons.

    SB

    was

    asso

    ciat

    edw

    ith

    hig

    her

    fast

    ing

    tota

    lch

    ole

    ster

    ol

    (3.4

    ( SD

    0.4

    )co

    mpar

    edw

    ith

    3.1

    (SD

    0.4

    )

    mm

    ol/

    laf

    ter

    EB

    ;P

  • Dietary

    advice

    for

    prevention

    oftype

    2diabetes

    mellitusin

    adults.

    By

    H.J

    .M

    OO

    RE

    1,

    C.D

    .

    SU

    MM

    ER

    BE

    LL

    1,

    L.

    HO

    OP

    ER

    2,

    V.J

    .A

    SH

    TO

    N1,

    P.

    JOH

    NS

    TO

    NE

    3an

    dP

    .K

    OP

    EL

    MA

    N4,

    1University

    ofTeesside,

    Middlesbrough,UK,TS13BA,

    2University

    ofManchester,

    Manchester,

    UK,M156FH,

    3DepartmentofHealth,Leeds,UK,LS14USand

    4University

    ofLondon,London,UK,E12AD

    The

    chan

    gin

    gof

    die

    tary

    hab

    its

    may

    less

    enth

    ech

    ance

    of

    dev

    elopin

    gty

    pe

    2dia

    bet

    es.

    Giv

    enth

    e

    pre

    val

    ence

    and

    the

    pote

    nti

    ally

    seri

    ous

    cost

    sof

    the

    dis

    ease

    ,it

    isim

    port

    ant

    toes

    tabli

    shw

    hic

    hty

    pe

    of

    die

    tary

    advic

    e,ei

    ther

    alone

    or

    inco

    mbin

    atio

    nw

    ith

    oth

    erin

    terv

    enti

    ons

    (the

    addit

    ion

    of

    exer

    cise

    ,

    beh

    avio

    ura

    lap

    pro

    aches

    and

    alte

    rnat

    ive

    trea

    tmen

    ts),

    ism

    ost

    effe

    ctiv

    ein

    pre

    ven

    ting

    dev

    elopm

    ent

    of

    the

    dis

    ease

    . The

    pre

    sent

    syst

    emat

    icre

    vie

    was

    sess

    esth

    eef

    fect

    of

    type

    and

    freq

    uen

    cyof

    dif

    fere

    nt

    types

    of

    die

    tary

    advic

    eto

    all

    adult

    son

    morb

    idit

    y,

    wei

    ght,

    qual

    ity

    of

    life

    ,to

    tal

    mort

    alit

    yan

    dm

    easu

    res

    of

    dia

    bet

    ic

    contr

    ol.

    We

    sear

    ched

    The

    Coch

    rane

    Lib

    rary

    ,M

    ED

    LIN

    E,

    EM

    BA

    SE

    ,C

    INA

    HL

    ,A

    ME

    D,

    bib

    liogra

    phie

    s

    and

    conta

    cted

    rele

    van

    tex

    per

    ts.

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    random

    ised

    contr

    oll

    edtr

    ials

    ,of

    12

    month

    sor

    longer

    ,w

    her

    edie

    tary

    advic

    ew

    asth

    em

    ain

    inte

    rven

    tion

    inad

    ult

    sw

    ere

    incl

    uded

    .

    Fourt

    een

    arti

    cles

    report

    ing

    nin

    etr

    ials

    wer

    ein

    cluded

    .V

    ario

    us

    die

    tary

    appro

    aches

    wer

    e

    consi

    der

    ed.

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    otr

    ials

    com

    par

    edth

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    aldie

    tary

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    its

    wit

    ha

    low

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    die

    t.S

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    udie

    sco

    mpar

    ed

    die

    tary

    advic

    ew

    ith

    die

    tary

    advic

    eplu

    sex

    erci

    sean

    done

    oth

    erst

    udy

    looked

    atdie

    tary

    advic

    ev.

    die

    tary

    advic

    eplu

    sa

    beh

    avio

    ura

    lap

    pro

    ach.

    The

    studie

    sal

    lm

    easu

    red

    wei

    ght

    and

    gly

    caem

    icco

    ntr

    ol

    alth

    ough

    not

    all

    studie

    sre

    port

    edth

    ese

    outc

    om

    es.

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    studie

    sre

    port

    edth

    enum

    ber

    of

    par

    tici

    pan

    tsw

    ho

    dev

    eloped

    dia

    bet

    esan

    donly

    two

    studie

    sre

    port

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    y.

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    eroutc

    om

    esm

    easu

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    ese

    studie

    sin

    cluded

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    od

    pre

    ssure

    ,se

    rum

    chole

    ster

    ol

    (incl

    udin

    gL

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    -an

    dH

    DL

    -chole

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    adults.

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