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Fish oil decreases triglycerides

lowersModerate evidenceFindingreplicated ×2

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“However, compared to placebo, fish oil supplementation significantly decreased TG level by − 0.40 (95%CI: − 0.53 to-0.28, I2 = 0%, p < 0.05), and increased HDL cholesterol level by 0.21 (95%CI: 0.05 to 0.37, I2 = 37.1%, p < 0.05).”
Quoted verbatim from Effects of fish oil supplementation on glucose control and lipid levels among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
This finding among the 108 findings on its endpoint

fish oil

Triglycerides

lowers

Who
Adults with type 2 diabetes (820 participants across 12 randomized trials, 15 lipid datasets); fish oil versus placebo oils, trials lasting 3 weeks to 6 months
Dose studied
not reported

Moderate evidencePMID 32384902 · 2020

02 · The study

Study
meta-analysis
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

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

03 · The paper

Lipids in health and disease
What else it reported2 findings · 0 compounds · 2 endpoints

04 · To cite this finding

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https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6WQXX3KVNS3XNF7H6YFPGC1