Background-The relation between n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), fish intake, and risk of coronary heart disease is controversial. Methods and Results-An Italian case-control study including 507 patients with nonfatal acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and 478 hospital controls found a multivariate odds ratio (OR) of 0.67 (95% Cl, 0.47 to 0.95) for the highest n-3 PUFA intake and 0.68 (95% Cl, 0.47 to 0.98) for an intake of >1 portion of fish per week compared with 2 portions per week. Conclusions-Small amounts of n-3 PUFAs may be inversely related to AMI risk in this low-risk population.
n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, fish, and nonfatal acute myocardial infarction / Tavani A; Pelucchi C; Negri E; Bertuzzi M; La Vecchia C. - In: CIRCULATION. - ISSN 0009-7322. - 104:19(2001), pp. 2269-2272. [10.1161/hc4401.099450]
n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, fish, and nonfatal acute myocardial infarction
Negri E;
2001
Abstract
Background-The relation between n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), fish intake, and risk of coronary heart disease is controversial. Methods and Results-An Italian case-control study including 507 patients with nonfatal acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and 478 hospital controls found a multivariate odds ratio (OR) of 0.67 (95% Cl, 0.47 to 0.95) for the highest n-3 PUFA intake and 0.68 (95% Cl, 0.47 to 0.98) for an intake of >1 portion of fish per week compared with 2 portions per week. Conclusions-Small amounts of n-3 PUFAs may be inversely related to AMI risk in this low-risk population.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
