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ArticleBMC nephrology2016

Long chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and vascular function in patients with chronic kidney disease and healthy subjects: a cross-sectional and comparative study.

Morten Borg, My Svensson, Johan V Povlsen, Erik B Schmidt, Christian Aalkjær, Jeppe H Christensen, Per Ivarsen

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Article in BMC nephrology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03280615 (Effects of the Supplementation With Omega 3 Fatty Acids in Patients With Chronic Renal Disease), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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NCT03280615 phase3completednot on this mapstarted 2017, after this paper: background citation

Effects of the Supplementation With Omega 3 Fatty Acids in Patients With Chronic Renal Disease

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of ChileRan2017 to 2018Enrolled100ConditionsRenal Insufficiency, ChronicArmsOmega 3 fatty acids, Corn oil
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Morten BorgDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. mortborg@rm.dk.
My SvenssonDepartment of Nephrology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway.
Johan V PovlsenDepartment of Nephrology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Erik B SchmidtDepartment of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
Christian AalkjærDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Jeppe H ChristensenDepartment of Nephrology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
Per IvarsenDepartment of Nephrology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Aarhus University · DKAalborg University Hospital · DKAarhus University Hospital · DKAkershus University Hospital · NO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPatients with chronic kidney disease have a markedly increased cardiovascular mortality compared with the general population. Long chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids have been suggested to possess cardioprotective properties. This cross-sectional and comparative study evaluated correlations between hemodynamic measurements, resistance artery function and fish consumption to the content of long chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in adipose tissue, a long-term marker of seafood intake.

methodsSeventeen patients with chronic kidney disease stage 5 + 5d and 27 healthy kidney donors were evaluated with hemodynamic measurements before surgery; from these subjects, 11 patients and 11 healthy subjects had vasodilator properties of subcutaneous resistance arteries examined. The measurements were correlated to adipose tissue n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Information on fish intake was obtained from a dietary questionnaire and compared with adipose tissue n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.

resultsFish intake and the content of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in adipose tissue did not differ between patients and controls. n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid levels in adipose tissue were positively correlated to systemic vascular resistance index; (r = 0.44; p = 0.07 and r = 0.62; p < 0.05, chronic kidney disease and healthy subjects respectively) and negatively correlated to cardiac output index (r = -0.69; p < 0.01 and r = -0.50; p < 0.05, chronic kidney disease and healthy subjects respectively). No correlation was observed between n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid levels in adipose tissue and vasodilator properties in resistance arteries. n-3 PUFA content in adipose tissue increased with increasing self-reported fish intake.

conclusionsThe correlations found, suggest a role for n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in hemodynamic properties. However, this is apparently not due to changes in intrinsic properties of the resistance arteries as no correlation was found to n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.

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SeafoodAdipose TissueAdultAgedAnimalsArteriesCardiac OutputCase-Control StudiesCross-Sectional StudiesDiet RecordsFatty Acids, Omega-3FemaleHealthy VolunteersHumansKidney Failure, ChronicMaleFatty Acids, Omega-3Chronic kidney diseaseHemodynamicPolyunsaturated fatty acidsResistance artery

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