Fish consumption is associated with lower heart rates

Fish consumption decreases risk of sudden death. The goal of the present study was to assess the relationship between fish consumption and heart rate. A cross-sectional analysis was conducted of 9758 men, age 50 to 59 years, without coronary heart disease (CHD) who were recruited in France and Belfa...

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Published in:Circulation (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2003-08, Vol.108 (7), p.820-825
Main Authors: Dallongeville, Jean, Yarnell, John, Ducimetière, Pierre, Arveiler, Dominique, Ferrières, Jean, Montaye, Michèle, Luc, Gérald, Evans, Aluns, Bingham, Annie, Hass, Bernadette, Ruidavets, Jean-Bernard, Amouyel, Philippe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blood Pressure
Cholesterol, HDL - blood
Comorbidity
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diet
Docosahexaenoic Acids - analysis
Eicosapentaenoic Acid - analysis
Erythrocytes - chemistry
Fatty Acids - analysis
Fish Products - statistics & numerical data
France
Heart Rate - physiology
Humans
Ireland
Male
Middle Aged
Phospholipids - chemistry
Risk Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Triglycerides - blood
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Summary:Fish consumption decreases risk of sudden death. The goal of the present study was to assess the relationship between fish consumption and heart rate. A cross-sectional analysis was conducted of 9758 men, age 50 to 59 years, without coronary heart disease (CHD) who were recruited in France and Belfast, Ireland, from 1991 to 1993. Heart rate and CHD risk factors were compared among 4 categories of fish consumption, as follows: (1) less than once per week (n=2662), (2) once per week (n=4576), (3) twice per week (n=1964), and (4) more than twice per week (n=556). Fatty acid profiles of erythrocyte phospholipids were determined in a random subsample of 407 subjects. In erythrocyte phospholipids, eicosapentaenoic acid (P
ISSN:0009-7322
1524-4539
DOI:10.1161/01.CIR.0000084542.64687.97