ReviewCurrent opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care2025
Recent studies confirm the utility of the omega-3 index.
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- Micronutrients and omega-3 PUFAs to promote healthy ageing: informing a physiology-based complementation strategy.GeroScience · 2026Review
- Relationships Between Omega-3 Index and Cardiometabolic Disease Risk Factors in Collegiate Athletes.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Flaxseed Influences Basic Health Parameters, Fatty Acid Content Cell Membrane Integrity, Cell Proliferation and Angiogenesis in Fattening Pigs.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Over Half of the United States Population Had an Undesirably Low Omega-3 Index Based on Erythrocyte Membrane Measurements: Results From the Cross-Sectional NHANES From August 2021 to August 2023.Current developments in nutrition · 2026Article
- The Effect of Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Physical Activity on Fatty Acid Profiles in Young Muslims in Melilla.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Vitamin D and Omega-3 Supplementation for Emotional and Behavioral Dysregulation in Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Reducing Glucocorticoid Burden in Lupus with Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Docosahexaenoic Acid Augments Prednisone Efficacy in Maintaining Cyclophosphamide-Induced Remission of Preclinical Lupus Nephritis.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Comparative Diagnostic Performance of Conventional and Novel Fatty Acid Indices in Blood Plasma as Biomarkers of Atherosclerosis Under Statin Therapy.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Endocannabinoid Tone and Oxylipins in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis-A Novel Target for the Treatment of Pain and Inflammation?International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
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Abstract
purpose of reviewThe Omega-3 Index (O3I) was proposed 20 years ago as not only a marker of body omega-3 fatty acid status, but more importantly, as a risk factor for fatal coronary heart disease. The purpose of this review is to document the continued and growing use of this metric in nutrition research. RECENT
findingsOf the 456 citations to the O3I in PubMed, 58 have appeared in the last 18 months. Several of these articles are reviewed, and they underscore the widespread use of the metric. SUMMARY: Although the O3I was originally developed in the cardiovascular field, it has since been used in the study of a remarkably large number of health conditions, all of which appear to be favorably impacted by higher levels of tissue omega-3 fatty acids as reflected by the O3I.
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