Journal article
Effects of n-3 fatty acid supplements in diabetes mellitus
- Abstract:
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Background
Increased intake of n−3 fatty acids has been associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease in observational studies, but this finding has not been confirmed in randomized trials. It remains unclear whether n−3 (also called omega-3) fatty acid supplementation has cardiovascular benefit in patients with diabetes mellitus.
Methods
We randomly assigned 15,480 patients with diabetes but without evidence of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease to...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Massachusetts Medical Society Publisher's website
- Journal:
- New England Journal of Medicine Journal website
- Volume:
- 379
- Issue:
- 16
- Pages:
- 1540-1550
- Publication date:
- 2018-10-18
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-08-03
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1533-4406
- ISSN:
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0028-4793
- Pmid:
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30146932
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:920635
- UUID:
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uuid:53aefe60-1c7a-4d6a-b863-41a42b54bb41
- Local pid:
- pubs:920635
- Source identifiers:
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920635
- Deposit date:
- 2018-11-03
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- Copyright holder:
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2018 Massachusetts Medical Society.
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