Serum carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes as potential biomarkers of dietary intake and their relation with incident type 2 diabetes: the EPIC-Norfolk study
Author(s) -
Pinal Patel,
Andrew Cooper,
Tamsin C. O’Connell,
Gunter G. C. Kuhnle,
Catherine K Kneale,
Angela M Mulligan,
Robert Luben,
Søren Brage,
KayTee Khaw,
Nicholas J. Wareham,
Nita G. Forouhi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.3945/ajcn.113.068577
Subject(s) - european prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition , type 2 diabetes , prospective cohort study , isotopes of nitrogen , diabetes mellitus , medicine , population , cohort , cohort study , endocrinology , chemistry , nitrogen , environmental health , organic chemistry
Stable-isotope ratios of carbon (¹³C/¹²C, expressed as δ¹³C) and nitrogen (¹⁵N/¹⁴N, or δ¹⁵N) have been proposed as potential nutritional biomarkers to distinguish between meat, fish, and plant-based foods.
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