Associations of plasma carotenoids with risk factors and biomarkers related to cardiovascular disease in middle-aged and older women

摘要

After adjusting for age, race, lifestyle factors, clinical factors, plasma total cholesterol, and dietary carotenoids, an increase of 30 mg/dL in low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol was associated with a 17% increase in a-carotene, a 16% increase in β-carotene, and an 8.5% increase in lycopene; an increase of 10 mg/dL in high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol was associated with a 5.3% decrease in lycopene; an increase of 0.