Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 126-135 , February 2011

Effects of one serving of mixed nuts on serum lipids, insulin resistance and inflammatory markers in patients with the metabolic syndrome

  • P. Casas-Agustench

      Affiliations

    • Human Nutrition Unit, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus, IISPV, Rovira i Virgili University, Reus, Spain
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  • P. López-Uriarte

      Affiliations

    • Human Nutrition Unit, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus, IISPV, Rovira i Virgili University, Reus, Spain
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  • M. Bulló

      Affiliations

    • Human Nutrition Unit, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus, IISPV, Rovira i Virgili University, Reus, Spain
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  • E. Ros

      Affiliations

    • Lipid Clinic, Endocrinology and Nutrition Service, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain
    • CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain
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  • J.J. Cabré-Vila

      Affiliations

    • Àrea Bàsica de Salut Reus-1, Institut Català de la Salut, Reus, Spain
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  • J. Salas-Salvadó

      Affiliations

    • Human Nutrition Unit, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus, IISPV, Rovira i Virgili University, Reus, Spain
    • CIBER Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBEROBN), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Human Nutrition Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Rovira i Virgili University, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Spain. Tel.: +34 977 759312; fax: +34 977 759322.

Received 14 April 2009 ,Revised 23 June 2009 ,Accepted 12 August 2009.

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☆ Support for research: Supported by grants from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (CICYT-AGL2005-03605), Spanish Ministry of Health (RTIC RD06/0045) and the International Nut Council. The nuts used in the study were donated by Borges S.A., Reus, Spain. None of the funding sources played a role in the design, collection, analysis or interpretation of the data or in the decision to submit the manuscript for publication. Patricia López-Uriarte is a recipient of a predoctoral fellowship from the Generalitat de Catalunya's Ministry of Universities, Research and the Information Society and the European Social Funds.

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doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2009.08.005

Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 126-135 , February 2011

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