Does fish oil lower blood pressure? A meta-analysis of controlled trials

Circulation

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 523-533

  Morris, Martha Clare ^a,c   Sacks, Frank ^b   Rosner, Bernard ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Fatty acids; Fish oil; Trials

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OLIVE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; SATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISH OILS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PLACEBOS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027284492     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.88.2.523     Document Type: Article

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