Open AccessFish, shellfish, and long-chain n−3 fatty acid consumption and risk of incident type 2 diabetes in middle-aged Chinese men and women
Author(s) -
Raquel Villegas,
Yong-Bing Xiang,
Tom A. Elasy,
Hong-Lan Li,
Gong Yang,
Hui Cai,
Fei Ye,
Yu-Tang Gao,
Yu Shyr,
Wei Zheng,
XiaoOu Shu
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.3945/ajcn.111.013193
Subject(s) - type 2 diabetes , shellfish , medicine , fish oil , population , polyunsaturated fatty acid , lower risk , eicosapentaenoic acid , fatty acid , diabetes mellitus , physiology , biology , endocrinology , environmental health , fish <actinopterygii> , fishery , confidence interval , biochemistry , aquatic animal
Long-chain polyunsaturated n-3 (omega-3) fatty acids, found mainly in fish, have been postulated to reduce type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk. However, the role of long-chain n-3 fatty acids and fish intake in the development of T2D remains unresolved.
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