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. 2016 Aug 18;2016(8):CD005282. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005282.pub3

3. Short‐course fish oil versus control/miscellaneous.

Study ID Serum creatinine:
 median (range) Creatinine clearance:
 median (range) GFR:
 median (range) Blood pressure (MAP):
 median (range) Lipids Other
Homan van der Heide 1990a Fish oil: 170 (93 to 224)
 Control: 172 (101 to 540)
 P = NS Fish oil: 51 (35 to 75)
Control: 48 (10 to 88)
P = NS
Fish oil: 44 (26 to 60)
Control: 40 (10 to 80)
P = NS
Fish oil: 106 (82 to 137)
Control: 107 (80 to 132)
P = NS
Not reported
Homan van der Heide 1990b Fish oil: 120 (88 to 159)
Control: 147 (106 to 189)
P < 0.05
Fish oil: 88.4 (57.7 to 158.6)
Control: 79.5 (52.3 to 113.3)
P < 0.05
Fish oil: 68 (29 to 93)
Control: 60 (32 to 84)
Per cent change
Fish oil: 20.3 (8.9 to 33.3)
Control: ‐2.6 (‐38 to ‐7.2)
P < 0.01
Fish oil: 98 (76 to 106)
Control: 109 (103 to 116)
Per cent change
Fish oil: ‐8.6 (‐23.8 to 0)
Control: 0.9 (‐6.9 to 9.4)
P < 0.01
Not reported
Homan van der Heide 1992 Fish oil: 163 (93 to 406)
Control: 200 (100 to 850)
P = NS
Fish oil: 53 (22 to 80)
Control: 49 (12 to 88)
P = NS
Not reported Fish oil: 105 (76 to 137)
Control: 108 (76 to 142)
P = NS
Not reported Rejecting patients
SCr median (range)
Fish oil: 183 (127 to 406)
Control: 283 (132 to 860)
P < 0.05
CrCl median (range)
Fish oil: 43 (22 to 69)
Control: 27 (12 to 50)
P < 0.05

CrCl ‐ creatinine clearance; NS ‐ not significant; SCr ‐ serum creatinine