The effect of 26 years of habitual fish consumption on serum lipid and lipoprotein levels (The Zutphen Study)
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An inverse association was found between fish consumption and coronary heart disease in the Zutphen Study. In the present study the long-term effects of a small amount of fish on serum lipids and lipoproteins was investigated. Forty healthy, elderly men whose fish consumption pattern over the previous 26-year period was known, were selected for the present study. The 15 men in the control group consumed, on average, about 2 g of fish per day, and the 25 habitual fish consumers ate, on average, about 33 g of fish per day during the study period. The cholesterol content of the different lipoprotein fractions did not differ between the two groups. The average total triglyceride level and the average triglyceride level of the atherogenic IDL fraction were respectively 26% and 38% (p< 0.05) lower in the habitual fish consumers than in the controls. These results suggest that a habitual fish consumption of about 30 g per day for more than 25 years is an effective measure for lowering serum triglyceride levels.
TNO Identifier
233348
ISSN
09394753
Source
Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 6(2), pp. 65-71.
Pages
65-71
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