Fish Consumption and Coronary Heart Disease Mortality in Finland, Italy, and the Netherlands

Fish consumption seems to protect against death from coronary heart disease (CHD). If this association is due to n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially fatty fish may be responsible for this protective effect. The association between total, lean, and fatty fish consumption and the risk of CHD mortality was examined in 1, 088 Finnish, 1, 097 Italian, and 553 Dutch men participants in the Seven Countries Study who were aged 50–69 years and free of CHD around 1970. After 20 years of follow-up, 242 (22.2%) men in Finland, 116(10.6%) men in Italy, and 105 (19.0%) men in the Netherlands had die... Mehr ...