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Higher circulating biomarkers of seafood-derived n-3 fatty acids, including EPA, DPA, DHA, and their sum, were associated with lower risk of T2D.

Practitioners should consider recommending seafood-derived n-3 fatty acids to potentially lower T2D risk.

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Higher circulating biomarkers of seafood-derived n-3 fatty acids, including EPA, DPA, DHA, and their sum, were associated with lower risk of T2D in a global consortium of prospective studies.
Frank Qian et al. · Diabetes Care · 2021

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Based on a pooled analysis of 20 prospective cohort studies.

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n-3 Fatty Acid Biomarkers and Incident Type 2 Diabetes: An Individual Participant-Level Pooling Project of 20 Prospective Cohort Studies

Frank Qian et al. · Diabetes Care · 2021

DOI 10.2337/dc20-2426

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