@article{0ba5d9c6612f4f3e91a5f7e5f60c05d0,
title = "Serum levels of marine-derived n-3 fatty acids in Icelanders, Japanese, Koreans, and Americans-A descriptive epidemiologic study",
abstract = "In the 1990s Iceland and Japan were known as countries with high fish consumption whereas coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality in Iceland was high and that in Japan was low among developed countries. We described recent data fish consumption and CHD mortality from publicly available data. We also measured CHD risk factors and serum levels of marine-derived n-3 and other fatty acids from population-based samples of 1324 men in Iceland, Japan, South Korea, and the US. CHD mortality in men in Iceland was almost 3 times as high as that in Japan and South Korea. Generally, a profile of CHD risk factors in Icelanders compared to Japanese was more favorable. Serum marine-derived n-3 fatty acids in Iceland were significantly lower than in Japan and South Korea but significantly higher than in the US.",
keywords = "Coronary heart disease, Descriptive epidemiologic study, Docosahexaenoic acid, Eicosapentaenoic acid, N-3 fatty acids",
author = "Akira Sekikawa and Laufey Steingrimsdottir and Hirotsugu Ueshima and Chol Shin and {David Curb}, J. and Evans, {Rhobert W.} and Hauksdottir, {Alda M.} and Aya Kadota and Jina Choo and Kamal Masaki and Bolli Thorsson and Launer, {Lenore J.} and Garcia, {Melisa E.} and Hiroshi Maegawa and Willcox, {Bradley J.} and Gudny Eiriksdottir and Akira Fujiyoshi and Katsuyuki Miura and Harris, {Tamara B.} and Kuller, {Lewis H.} and Vilmundur Gudnason",
note = "Funding Information: This research was funded by the Icelandic Heart Association, Iceland, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ministry for Health and Welfare 2004-E71001–00, 2005-E71001-00 , Korea , R01HL68200, R01HL071561, and N01AG12100 , from the National Institutes of Health, the USA , B 16790335 and A 13307016 from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan, and partly supported by the Intramural research program of the National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, the USA.",
year = "2012",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1016/j.plefa.2012.04.010",
language = "English",
volume = "87",
pages = "11--16",
journal = "Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids",
issn = "0952-3278",
publisher = "Churchill Livingstone",
number = "1",
}