Nutrition
Volume 22, Issue 6 , Pages 600-608 , June 2006

Associations between hypertriglyceridemia, dietary fat intake, oxidative stress, and endothelial activation in men

  • Charles Couillard, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada
    • Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +418-656-2131, ext. 12855; fax: +418-656-3423
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  • Sonia Pomerleau, R.D., M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada
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  • Guillaume Ruel

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada
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  • W. Roodly Archer, R.D., M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada
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  • Jean Bergeron, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Lipid Research Center, Laval University Medical Center, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada
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  • Patrick Couture, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada
    • Lipid Research Center, Laval University Medical Center, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada
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  • Benoît Lamarche, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada
    • Department of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada
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  • Nathalie Bergeron, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada

Received 7 June 2005 ,Accepted 13 March 2006.

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 The study was made possible through a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Charles Couillard and Patrick Couture are research scholars of the Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec (FRSQ). Charles Couillard is also supported by the Chair in Nutrition, Lipidology and Cardiovascular Disease funded by Pfizer Canada and Provigo. Benoît Lamarche is the recipient of a Canada Research Chair in Nutrition, Functional Foods and Cardiovascular Health.

PII: S0899-9007(06)00150-X

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2006.03.007

Nutrition
Volume 22, Issue 6 , Pages 600-608 , June 2006

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