Study Shows Those With a Higher Omega-3 Index Are More Protected From Severe COVID Infection Omega-3 fatty acids, especially EPA and DHA, might be protective against contracting and/or suffering adverse outcomes of COVID-19 infection. A study just published in the American Journal of Clinical Nu
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
The study compared the risk for three COVID-19 outcomes: 1-testing positive, 2-hospitalization, and 3-death as a function of baselineDHA levels were measured by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy but were converted to Omega-3 Index for this analysis. The three outcomes and relevant covariates were available for 110,584 subjects and for 26,595 ever-tested subjects via the UK Biobank prospective cohort study. These COVID-19 outcomes were assessed between January 2020 and March 2021.
For death with COVID-19, risk was monotonically lower through quintile 4, but in quintile 5, the risk reduction was partially attenuated and became non-significant. Estimated Omega-3 Index values across the five DHA quintiles ranged from 3.5% to 8% .2004 for death from cardiovascular disease The investigators also point out that South Korea and Japan have reported an extremely low severity of COVID-19 disease and that although masking practices, social distancing policies and other population-wide interventions no doubt contributed to this, it is interesting to note that the Omega-3 Index values of healthy South Korean and Japanese individuals are about 8-12% and 7–11% respectively, which is much higher compared to an Omega-3 Index of 4-5% in Western populations such as the United...
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