Table 8.

Summary of key findings of studies investigating the effect of EPA versus DHA on glycaemic control.

Study	Population	Control	Effect of EPA vs. Control on Blood Glucose Control	Effect of DHA vs. Control on Blood Glucose Control	Effect of EPA vs. DHA on Blood Glucose Control
Mori et al., 2000b [57]	Overweight mildly hyperlipidaemic men	Olive oil	↑ Fasting insulin (+18%, p = 0.035) Trend towards increased fasting glucose (+4%, p = 0.062)	↑ Fasting insulin (+27%, p = 0.001) ↓ Glucose to insulin ratio (p = 0.018)	N/A
Woodman et al., 2002 [64]	Hypertensive-treated Type II diabetics	Olive oil	↑ Fasting glucose (p = 0.002) No effect on glycated haemoglobin, fasting insulin, fasting C-peptide, insulin sensitivity or secretion.	↑ Fasting glucose (p = 0.002) No effect on glycated haemoglobin, fasting insulin, fasting C-peptide, insulin sensitivity or secretion.	N/A

↓, decreased; ↑, increased; N/A—data not available.