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. 2018 Nov 30;2018(11):CD003177. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003177.pub4

Sianni 2013.

Methods RCT, parallel, (fish oil vs placebo), 12 months
Summary risk of bias: moderate or high
Participants Patients with hypertension and paroxysmal or persistent atrial fibrillation (AF)
N: 268 intervention, 60 control
Level of risk for CVD: moderate
Men: not reported
Mean age (SD) years: 62 (6), not reported by arm
Age range: not reported
Smokers: not reported
Hypertension: 100%
Medications taken by at least 50% of those in the control group: not reported
Medications taken by 20%‐49% of those in the control group: not reported
Medications taken by some, but less than 20% of the control group: not reported
Location: Greece
Ethnicity: not reported
Interventions Type: supplement
Comparison: fish oil vs unclear placebo
Intervention: omega‐3 fatty acids with no further details. Dose: 4 g/d omega
Control: placebo, no further details
Compliance: no details
Duration of intervention: 12 months
Outcomes Main study outcome: AF recurrence and BP
Dropouts: no details
Available outcomes: new AF episodes, BP (not in a usable format)
Response to contact: no
Notes Study funding: unclear
The study's only publication was a conference abstract.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk No details, probably randomised but unclear
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No details
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No details
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No details
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No details
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk No protocol or trial register record found
Attention Unclear risk No details
Compliance Unclear risk No details
Other bias Unclear risk No details
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