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Epidemiological and intervention studies on the effect of marine polyunsaturated fatty acids on blood pressure
Author(s) -
BØNAA K.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.625
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1365-2796
pISSN - 0954-6820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2796.1989.tb01443.x
Subject(s) - fish oil , polyunsaturated fatty acid , epidemiology , medicine , blood pressure , observational study , food science , physiology , environmental health , fish <actinopterygii> , fatty acid , biology , fishery , biochemistry
. Evidence of a blood‐pressure‐lowering effect of marine polyunsaturated fatty acids was examined in epidemiological and intervention studies. Data from observational studies suggest that in populations consuming diets rich in sea food, the prevalence of elevated blood pressure is low compared with Western societies. These observations were supported by results from intervention studies with fish oil supplementation to Western diets. At present dietary supplementation with fish oil concentrates should be considered experimental.