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Marine n−3 Fatty Acids and Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer

J Manson, N Cook, I Lee, W Christen, S Bassuk, S Mora et al.. New England Journal of Medicine. 2019.

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In plain language

VITAL: 1 g per day of fish oil did not lower major cardiovascular events or cancer versus placebo over 5.3 years.

Limits

Healthy population with low event rates; one dose.

Source

doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1811403 · PubMed 30415637 · Free full text

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