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Phase angle and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in sickle cell disease
D J VanderJagt1, Y-S Huang, L-T Chuang
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
Archives of Disease in Childhood
|August 24, 2002
Abstract:
Phase angle, an impedance parameter used for nutritional assessment, is reflective of the capacitance properties of cell membranes. We have shown a significant correlation between the proportions of specific n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the serum phospholipids of Nigerian children with sickle cell disease and their phase angles determined by bioelectrical impedance analysis.