Abstract
Two recent controlled studies have shown that dietary supplementation with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) causes a decrease in blood pressure in patients with mild hypertension.1,2 The purpose of this paper is to review the epidemiological data on the relation between fish intake and blood pressure.
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Kristensen, S.D. (1992). Fish Consumption and Blood Pressure: Epidemiological Data. In: De Caterina, R., Kristensen, S.D., Schmidt, E.B. (eds) Fish Oil and Vascular Disease. Current Topics in Cardiovascular Diseases. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3890-7_4
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