EFFECT OF EICOSAPENTAENOIC AND DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS ON BLOOD-PRESSURE IN HYPERTENSION - A POPULATION-BASED INTERVENTION TRIAL FROM THE TROMSO STUDY
EFFECT OF EICOSAPENTAENOIC AND DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS ON BLOOD-PRESSURE IN HYPERTENSION - A POPULATION-BASED INTERVENTION TRIAL FROM THE TROMSO STUDY
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm199003223221202
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发表时间:
1990-03-22
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
THELLE, D
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作者:
BONAA, KH;BJERVE, KS;THELLE, D
Studies of whether polyunsaturated fatty acids in fish oil-in particular, eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids-lower blood pressure have varied in design and results. We conducted a population-based, randomized 10-week dietary-supplementation trial in which the effects of 6 g per day of 85 percent eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids were compared with those of 6 g per day of corn oil in 156 men and women with previously untreated stable, mild essential hypertension. The mean systolic blood pressure fell by 4.6 mm Hg (P = 0.002), and diastolic pressure by 3.0 mm Hg (P = 0.0002) in the group receiving fish oil; there was no significant change in the group of receiving fish oil; there was no significant change in the group receiving corn oil. The differences between the groups remained significant for both systolic (6.4 mm Hg; P - 0.0025) and diastolic (2.8 mm Hg; P = 0.029) pressure after control for anthropometric, lifestyle, and dietary variables. The decreases in blood pressure were larger as concentrations of plasma phospholipid n-3 fatty acids increased (P = 0.027). Dietary supplementation with fish oil did not change mean blood pressure in the subjects who ate fish three or more times a week as part of their usual diet, or in those who had a base-line concentration of plasma phospholipid n-3 fatty acids above 175.1 mg per liter. We conclude that eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids reduced blood pressure in essential hypertension, depending on increases in plasma phospholipid n-3 fatty acids.