Primary Research · 2019

Marine n-3 Fatty Acids and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer (VITAL trial)

Manson JE, Cook NR, Lee IM, et al. · New England Journal of Medicine, 2019

Key finding

Large primary-prevention RCT (n=25,871) found n-3 fatty acid supplementation did not reduce major cardiovascular events overall but did reduce myocardial infarction risk, with greatest benefit in low-fish-intake participants.

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