The Effects of Long-Chain Omega-3 Fish Oils and Multivitamins on Cognitive and Cardiovascular Function: A Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-31

  Pase, Matthew P ^a   Grima, Natalie ^b   Cockerell, Robyn ^a   Stough, Con ^a   Scholey, Andrew ^a   Sali, Avni ^c   Pipingas, Andrew ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c National Institute of Integrative Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

aortic stiffness; blood pressure; cognition; cognitive; fish oil; omega 3

Indexed keywords

5, 8, 11, 14, 17 ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CERVONIC ACID; FISH OIL; MULTIVITAMIN; OMEGA 3 FISH OIL; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 9 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; RIBOFLAVIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; VITAMIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; AUGMENTATION INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE SCORE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WORKING MEMORY; AORTA; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; COGNITION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-6; FEMALE; FISH OILS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; VITAMINS;

EID: 84900799407     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2014.880660     Document Type: Article

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