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The Omega-3 Index: a new risk factor for death from coronary heart disease?

W Harris, C von Schacky. Preventive Medicine. 2004.

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In plain language

Proposed the Omega-3 Index; 8% or higher was linked to the lowest coronary death risk.

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Largely observational basis; author later founded a testing company.

Source

doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.02.030 · PubMed 15208005

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