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Fish oil has no detected effect on Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) score

no difference foundModerate evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“As illustrated in Fig. 3, the meta-analysis found fish oil did not produce significantly greater improvement in the PASI score than the control group (MD − 0.28; 95% confidence interval − 1.74 to 1.19).”
Quoted verbatim from Effects of fish oil supplement on psoriasis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
This finding among the 2 findings on its endpoint

fish oil

Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) score

no difference found

Effect as reported

−0.28mean difference

CI −1.74 to 1.19

Who
Patients with psoriasis; three randomized trials, 337 participants, fish oil versus control
Dose studied
not reported

Moderate evidencePMID 31805911 · 2019

02 · The study

Study
meta-analysis
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderatethis finding
  • limited
  • very limited
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

BMC complementary and alternative medicine
What else it reported1 finding · 0 compounds · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

This address does not change

https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6WQXWS4HWTTN9DTVAM67E4V