PapersPMID:29425187
The Differential Effects of Eicosapentaenoic Acid and Docosahexaenoic Acid on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: A Systematic Review.
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- 02 · compound
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- 03 · endpoint
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- 04 · null
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What it reported
How to read these marksEvery finding here is a null result.
What did not
1 finding
all-cis-5,8,11,14,17-icosapentaenoic acid — no detected effect on LDL cholesterol
Evidence strength: moderate.FindingNull result“In Nestel et al.’s study in dyslipidaemic subjects (~3 g/day EPA or DHA for seven weeks), there was no change in total or LDL cholesterol with either EPA or DHA compared to olive oil.”
Quoted verbatim from The Differential Effects of Eicosapentaenoic Acid and Docosahexaenoic Acid on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: A Systematic Review.. - Study
- RCT
- Duration
- 7 weeks
- Dose
- ~3 g/day EPA
- Population
- dyslipidaemic subjects (Nestel et al. study)
The Differential Effects of Eicosapentaenoic Acid and Docosahexaenoic Acid on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: A Systematic Review.2018PMID:2942518710.3390/ijms19020532An author is affiliated with a producerPermalink
Study record
Read under: all-cis-5,8,11,14,17-icosapentaenoic acid
- Design, as each reading recorded it
- randomised controlled trial / systematic review, not pooled
- Species
- human
- Population
- healthy men
- Participants
- 527
- Comparator
- not stated in the paper
- Duration
- 49 days
- Endpoints
- 18
- Record
- extracted
- Readings recorded
- 3