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Fish (Oil) Consumption and Coronary Heart Disease

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Dietary ω3 and ω6 Fatty Acids

Abstract

The classic epidemiologic studies by Bang and Dyerberg carried out among Greenland Eskimos suggested that a high intake of N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids through a high intake of marine foods is associated with a low mortality from coronary heart disease (1,2). Also the low mortality from coronary heart disease and the high fish intake in Japan is taken as evidence for the inverse relation between N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and coronary heart disease (3). It can, however, not be ruled out that confounding factors may explain the relation between fish intake and coronary heart disease. Therefore epidemiologic studies, both cross-cultural and within populations. are needed in which confounding factors are taken into account. In this paper the relation between fish consumption and coronary heart disease in between and within population studies will be reviewed. Finally recommendations for future research will be given.

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  1. Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection, P.O. Box 1, 3720, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

    Daan Kromhout

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    Claudio Galli

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    Artemis P. Simopoulos

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Kromhout, D. (1989). Fish (Oil) Consumption and Coronary Heart Disease. In: Galli, C., Simopoulos, A.P. (eds) Dietary ω3 and ω6 Fatty Acids. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2043-3_25

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