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    Blood fatty acid composition in relation to allergy in children aged 2–9 years: results from the European IDEFICS study

    Blood polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) are involved in allergy development, but the etiological role of n-6 and n-3 PUFA is still controversial. A European multicenter study of children (IDEFICS) provided th...

    A Mikkelsen, C Galli, G Eiben, W Ahrens in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2017)

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    Whole-blood fatty acids and inflammation in European children: the IDEFICS Study

    Fatty acids are hypothesized to influence cardiovascular disease risk because of their effect on inflammation. The aim of this study is to assess the relationship between whole-blood fatty acids (WBFAs) and hi...

    E M González-Gil, J Santabárbara, A Siani in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2016)

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    Reference values of whole-blood fatty acids by age and sex from European children aged 3–8 years

    To establish reference values for fatty acids (FA) especially for n-3 and n-6 long-chain polyunsaturated FAs (LC PUFA) in whole-blood samples from apparently healthy 3–8-year-old European children. The whole-b...

    M Wolters, H Schlenz, R Foraita, C Galli, P Risé in International Journal of Obesity (2014)

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    Earlier smoking habits are associated with higher serum lipids and lower milk fat and polyunsaturated fatty acid content in the first 6 months of lactation

    Objective: To investigate the relation between maternal smoking habits, plasma lipids and milk fatty acid (FA) content and composition.

    C Agostoni, F Marangoni, F Grandi, A M Lammardo in European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2003)

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    Prolonged Breast-Feeding (Six Months or More) and Milk Fat Content at Six Months are Associated with Higher Developmental Scores at One Year of Age Within a Breast-Fed Population

    Since dietary fats may affect brain composition and function in early life, we evaluated developmental indices at 1 year of age in relation to the duration of breast-feeding and the milk fat composition in a b...

    C. Agostoni, F. Marangoni, M. Giovannini, C. Galli in Bioactive Components of Human Milk (2001)

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    Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Concentrations in Human Hindmilk are Constant Throughout Twelve Months of Lactation

    We assessed the total fat content and fatty acid concentrations in colostrum and throughout a nursing period of 12 months in a group of mothers recruited after delivery of full-term infants. Pooled human milk ...

    C. Agostoni, F. Marangoni, A. M. Lammardo, C. Galli in Bioactive Components of Human Milk (2001)