date:Nov 08, 2012
se-control study of 1572 subjects and a prospective cohort study of 19,097 participants to examine the relationship between omega-3 fatty acids and incidence of heart failure. Subjects were at a mean age of 58.7 years at the blood collection.
Serum -linolenic acid (ALA) was found associated with a lower risk of heart failure and the lowest risk was found in those in the highest quintile of this fatty acid in the blood.
However, serum omega-3 fatty acids docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosape