A High Omega-3 Fatty Acid Multinutrient Supplement Benefits Cognition and Mobility in Older Women: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Pilot Study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 236-242

  Strike, Siobhán C ^a   Carlisle, Alison ^a   Gibson, E Leigh ^a   Dyall, Simon C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; B vitamins; Docosahexaenoic acid; Gait; Memory

Indexed keywords

EFALEX; FISH OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; VEGETABLE OIL;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FISH OILS; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT OILS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84961653933     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glv109     Document Type: Article

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