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ALA was not associated with T2D risk.
Practitioners should note that ALA does not appear to reduce T2D risk, unlike other n-3 fatty acids.
StrongRefutesmedium confidence
ALA was not associated with T2D (HR 0.97 [95% CI 0.92, 1.02]) per interquintile range.
Why this rating
Based on a pooled analysis of 20 prospective cohort studies.
Source
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
Meta-analysisCited 78×
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