Table 1. Characteristics of included RCTs.
Total no. | Disease | Dose of ω-3 PUFA | Duration | Control | |
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Purrello, et al.(2007) [16] | 36 | NAFLD | 2g | 6mon | AHA |
Feng-Shang Zhu, et al.(2008) [17] | 134 | NAFLD | 2g | 6mon | Placebo |
Qing Xie, et al.(2008) [18] | 46 | NAFLD | 4–5g | 6mon | Placebo |
Sofi, et al.(2010) [15] | 11 | NAFLD | 0.83g | 12mon | Placebo |
Byrne, et al.(2014) [19] | 103 | NAFLD | 4g | 15–18mon | Placebo |
Stephen, et al.(2015) [21] | 34 | NASH | 3g | 12mon | Placebo |
Lu-Hua Yang, et al.(2015) [20] | 78 | NASH | 6.4g | 6mon | Normal saline |
NAFLD, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; AHA, alpha hydrxy acid; NASH, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis