Dose-dependent effects of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on C-reactive protein concentrations in cardiometabolic disorders: a dose-response meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.
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Abstract
Background: Based on current knowledge, omega-3 fatty acids help to reduce the concentration of C-reactive protein (CRP). However, the dose-response effect and the strength of this effect are not entirely clear.
Methods: We systematically searched and screened databases to include eligible studies. This study incorporates a random effect, as well as dose-response meta-analyses using a restricted cubic spline model.
Results: Forty randomized clinical trials were analyzed. Results demonstrated significant non-linear dose-response efficacy in the reduction of CRP concentration in patients with cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, and hypertension up to 1200 mg/day of EPA and DHA. In addition, there was a linear decrease in CRP concentration in the dyslipidemia population. The meta-analysis results did not show any significant reduction of CRP in overweight and obese participants, and the dose-response analysis failed to show any apparent reduction. In type 2 diabetes, pooling the results revealed a significant reduction in CRP; however, the combination of EPA and DHA failed to show significant dose-response efficacy in changing CRP concentration.
Conclusion: 1200 mg/day of EPA and DHA may help to reduce CRP concentration in patients with cardiometabolic disorders. This reduction is clinically significant, and thus intervention with omega-3 fatty acids should be considered for this population.
期刊介绍:
Inflammopharmacology is the official publication of the Gastrointestinal Section of the International Union of Basic and Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR) and the Hungarian Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology Society (HECPS). Inflammopharmacology publishes papers on all aspects of inflammation and its pharmacological control emphasizing comparisons of (a) different inflammatory states, and (b) the actions, therapeutic efficacy and safety of drugs employed in the treatment of inflammatory conditions. The comparative aspects of the types of inflammatory conditions include gastrointestinal disease (e.g. ulcerative colitis, Crohn''s disease), parasitic diseases, toxicological manifestations of the effects of drugs and environmental agents, arthritic conditions, and inflammatory effects of injury or aging on skeletal muscle. The journal has seven main interest areas:
-Drug-Disease Interactions - Conditional Pharmacology - i.e. where the condition (disease or stress state) influences the therapeutic response and side (adverse) effects from anti-inflammatory drugs. Mechanisms of drug-disease and drug disease interactions and the role of different stress states
-Rheumatology - particular emphasis on methods of measurement of clinical response effects of new agents, adverse effects from anti-rheumatic drugs
-Gastroenterology - with particular emphasis on animal and human models, mechanisms of mucosal inflammation and ulceration and effects of novel and established anti-ulcer, anti-inflammatory agents, or antiparasitic agents
-Neuro-Inflammation and Pain - model systems, pharmacology of new analgesic agents and mechanisms of neuro-inflammation and pain
-Novel drugs, natural products and nutraceuticals - and their effects on inflammatory processes, especially where there are indications of novel modes action compared with conventional drugs e.g. NSAIDs
-Muscle-immune interactions during inflammation [...]