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. 2024 Apr 2;11:1340121. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1340121

Table 3.

Different studies about omega-3 benefits in human health.

Disease type Study Results Reference
Cardiovascular: stroke Prospective cohort study
Men: 43,671
Age: 40–79 years
Duration: 12 years
Eating fish (n−3 PUFAs) once per month or more can reduce the risk of ischemic stroke in men (90)
Cardiovascular: stroke Prospective cohort study
Women: 79,839
Age: 34–59 years
Duration: 14 years
Eating fish (n−3 PUFAs) 2 or more times per week can reduce risk of thrombotic infarction in women (91)
Cardiovascular and metabolic: all cancer, CVD, ischemic heart disease, ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, and diabetes Prospective cohort study
Men: 61,127
Age: 40–74 years
Duration: 12 years
Reductions of risk of total, ischemic stroke, and diabetes were 16, 37, and 39%, respectively when fish consumption is high (92)
Prospective cohort study
Women: 73,159
Age: 40–70 years
Duration: 12 years
Obesity and overweight Cross-sectional study
People: 124
Average age: 49
Duration: not determined
There is an inverse correlation between n−3 PUFA and BMI, waist circumference, and hip circumference (93)
Metabolic: type 2 diabetes Prospective cohort study
People: men (51,963) and women (64,193)
Age: 40–74 (men), 40–70 (women)
Duration: 12 years
There is an inverse relation between fish intake and type 2 diabetes in women. There is not a detrimental effect of fish intake in the population (94)
Metabolic: prostate cancer Prospective cohort study
People: men (14,916)
Age: 40–84
Duration: 13 years
n−3 PUFAs consumption can reduce the risk of prostate cancer (95)
Cardiovascular, metabolic and obesity: body weight, cholesterol levels, inflammation Study
People: men (34)
Age: 25–65
Duration: 4 weeks
n−3 PUFAs supplementation did not lead to a significant reduction in body weight and body fat of patients.
n−3 PUFAs supplementation reduced triglycerides and insulin levels of patients.
n−3 PUFAs supplementation reduced inflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α) in the patients
(96)