Introduction: Cardiovascular disease remains the commonest health problem in developed
countries, and residual risk after implementing all current therapies is still high. The use of …

Background Epidemiologic data suggest that omega‐3 fatty acids derived from fish oil
reduce cardiovascular disease. The clinical benefit of dietary fish oil supplementation in …

Introduction: Large-scale epidemiological studies on Greenlandic, Canadian and Alaskan
Eskimos have examined the health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids consumed as part of the …

Background—Early trials evaluating the effect of omega 3 fatty acids (ω-3 FA) reported
benefits for mortality and cardiovascular events but recent larger studies trials have variable …

Background Although omega-3 fatty acids have well documented properties which would
reduce the cardiovascular (CV) disease risk, the evidence from randomized controlled trials …

Since the first cross‐cultural epidemiological studies in the 1970s 1, 2 the body of evidence
supporting a role for omega‐3 fatty acids in the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) …

Background Multiple randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have examined the cardiovascular
effects of omega-3 fatty acids and have provided unexplained conflicting results. A meta …

Clinical and epidemiological studies provide support that the polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty
acids eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid from fish and fish oils are …

It has long been recognized from epidemiological studies that Greenland Eskimos have
substantially reduced rates of acute myocardial infarction (MI) compared with Western …

Importance Current guidelines advocate the use of marine-derived omega-3 fatty acids
supplements for the prevention of coronary heart disease and major vascular events in …