The Tsim Tsoum Approaches for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

Table 4

Ethnic differences in fatty acid levels in thrombocytes phospholipids and percentage of all deaths from cardiovascular disease.

	Europe and; USA %	Japan %	Greenland Eskimos %
Arachidonic acid; (20 : 4w6)	26	21	8.3
Eicosapentaenoic; acid (20 : 5 w-3)	0.5	1.6	8.0
Ratio of w-6/w-3	50	12	1
Mortality from cardiovascular disease	45	12	7

Modified from Weber by Simopoulos 2003 [14].