Gender-specific associations of marine n-3 fatty acids and fish consumption with 10-year incidence of stroke.

BACKGROUND: There is some evidence that the association of fish and marine fatty acids with stroke risk differs between men and women. We investigated the gender-specific associations of habitual intake of the marine fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) plus docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and fish on...

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Main Authors: Janette de Goede, W M Monique Verschuren, Jolanda M A Boer, Daan Kromhout, Johanna M Geleijnse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3322144?pdf=render