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Effects of fish oil supplement on psoriasis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

BMC complementary and alternative medicine2019The record ↗

  1. Finding, moderate evidenceno difference foundPsoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) score

No finding here moved its endpoint.

What did not

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  • “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).”
    Study
    meta-analysis
    Effect
    −0.28 mean difference, 95% CI −1.74 to 1.19
    Population
    Patients with psoriasis; three randomized trials, 337 participants, fish oil versus control

Study record

Design
meta-analysis
Species
human
Population
Psoriasis patients (including psoriatic arthritis) in 13 RCTs of fish oil or omega-3 PUFA supplement, oral capsule/oil or intravenous lipid emulsion; three RCTs used fish oil combined with evening primrose oil
Participants
625
Comparator
placebo
Duration
not reported
Endpoints measured
15