Objective Biochemical Determination of Dietary Adherence in the Young Coronary Male

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Abstract
The determination of serum triglyceride fatty acids has been found to be a useful, quantitative, objective biochemical monitor of the degree of dietary adherence to a controlled fat diet in the instruction of young coronary male outpatients. Employing the regression equation: [See equation in the PDF file] in two diets containing 14.1 and 3.3% of calories as linoleate, respectively, adherence to diets was determined (P < 0.01) for 33 men. The ability to differentiate nonadherers was also shown.