Plasma Industrial and Ruminant <i>Trans</i> Fatty Acids and Incident Type 2 Diabetes in the EPIC-Potsdam Cohort

Abstract

The TFAs' conformation plays an essential role in their relationship to diabetes risk. rTFA subtypes may have opposing relationships to diabetes risk. Previous observations for reduced diabetes risk with higher levels of circulating trans-palmitoleic acid are likely due to confounding.