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Trial reportLipids in health and disease2017

Effects of 12-week supplementation of marine Omega-3 PUFA-based formulation Omega3Q10 in older adults with prehypertension and/or elevated blood cholesterol.

Tian Shen, Guoqiang Xing, Jingfen Zhu, Shuxian Zhang, Yong Cai, Donghua Li, Gang Xu, Evan Xing, Jianyu Rao, Rong Shi

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Lipids in health and disease, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Tian ShenDepartment of Community Health and Behavior Medicine, School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200025, People's Republic of China.
Guoqiang XingImaging Institute of Rehabilitation and Development of Brain Function, the Second Clinical Medical College of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong Central Hospital, Nanchong, 637000, People's Republic of China. gxing99@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4706-3063
Jingfen ZhuDepartment of Community Health and Behavior Medicine, School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200025, People's Republic of China.
Shuxian ZhangDepartment of Community Health and Behavior Medicine, School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200025, People's Republic of China.
Yong CaiDepartment of Community Health and Behavior Medicine, School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200025, People's Republic of China. caiyong202028@163.com.
Donghua LiTang Qiao Community Health Service Center, Pudong New District, Shanghai, 200127, People's Republic of China.
Gang XuDepartment of Community Health and Behavior Medicine, School of Public Health, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200025, People's Republic of China.
Evan XingBiochemistry Program, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
Jianyu RaoDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
Rong ShiSchool of Public Health, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, People's Republic of China.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CNNorth Sichuan Medical University · CNShanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 7163187Shanghai Key Discipline Construction Project in Public Health 15GWZK1002the Social Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences Program of Shanghai Jiao Tong University 14JCRY03
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundsTo study the effects of supplementation of a marine omega-3 poly-unsaturated fatty acids (n3-PUFA) formulation (Omega3Q10) in older adults with hypertension and/or hypercholesterolemia.

methodsA total of 97 people were enrolled to receive 12-week supplementation of either Omega3Q10 (n = 48) or soybean oil (n = 49). Total cholesterol (TC), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and hypertension-related symptoms were determined before and after the supplementation.

resultsThere were no baseline differences between the two groups. Omega3Q10 supplementation significantly reduced diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (from 81.6 ± 5.3 mmHg to 79.3 ± 5.2 mmHg, P < 0.05). Blood concentrations of TC and LDL-C decreased significantly and blood HDL-C level increased significantly after 12 weeks of Omega3Q10 (5.5 ± 0.7 vs. 5.3 ± 0.5, P < 0.05; 3.7 ± 0.8 vs. 3.3 ± 0.6, P < 0.05; 1.2 ± 0.6 vs. 1.3 ± 0.5, P < 0.05, respectively) and soybean oil supplementation (5.7 ± 0.8 vs. 5.6 ± 0.7, P < 0.05; 3.6 ± 0.7 vs. 3.4 ± 0.8, P < 0.05; 1.0 ± 0.8 vs. 1.2 ± 0.7, P < 0.05, respectively) but no group differences were found. A significantly greater proportion of the people in the Omega3Q10 group became free from headache and palpitations & chest tightness symptoms after the 12-week supplementation compared to that of the soybean oil group (95.5% vs. 71.4%, P < 0.01; 95.8 vs. 75.5%, P < 0.01, respectively).

conclusion12-week supplementation of Fish oil-based PUFA appear to be more effective in improving DBP and hypertension-related symptoms than soybean oil in old adults with hypertension and hypercholesterolemia although both supplementation improved TC, LDL-C and HDL-C concentrations.

Indexed as

Dietary SupplementsAgedAged, 80 and overBlood PressureCholesterol, HDLCholesterol, LDLDouble-Blind MethodFatty Acids, Omega-3FemaleHumansHypercholesterolemiaLipid MetabolismMaleMiddle AgedPrehypertensionSoybean OilCholesterol, HDLCholesterol, LDLFatty Acids, Omega-3Soybean OilTriglyceridesBlood pressures, Dyslipidemia, Old adultsFish oil-derived PUFASoybean oil

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PMID29282085
PMCPMC5745982
OpenAlexW2780945793

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