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Table 3.
Adverse effects of trans fatty acids.
| Decrease or inhibit |
| Decrease or inhibit incorporation of other fatty acids into cell membranes |
| Decrease high-density lipoprotein (HDL) |
| Inhibit delta-6 desaturase (interfere with elongation and desaturation of essential fatty acids) |
| Decrease serum testosterone (in male rats) |
| Cross the placenta and decrease birth weight (in humans) |
Increase |
| Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) |
| Platelet aggregation |
| Lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)] |
| Body weight |
| Cholesterol transfer protein (CTP) |
| Abnormal morphology of sperm (in male rats) |
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