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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2010 Jun;159(6):1020–1025. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.03.001

Table II.

Heart rate associated with individual fatty acids

Fatty Acid Effect on Heart Rate p-value
18:3n-3 alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) 0.98
20:5n-3 eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) −0.70 bpm 0.007
22:6n-3 docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) −0.60 bpm 0.004
16:1n-7 palmitoleic acid +3.0 bpm 0.002
20:1n-9 eicosenoic acid +16.2 bpm 0.009
20:3n-6 dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid (DGLA) +3.8 bpm 0.021

bpm = beats per minute.

Data are from multiple linear regression analyses of individual ω-3 FAs that considered gender, height, BMI, diastolic blood pressure, current smoking, and heart-rate slowing medications.