Fish and fish-liver oil consumption in adolescence and midlife and risk of CHD in older women.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To study the association of fish and fish-liver oil consumption across the lifespan with CHD later in life among Icelandic women, with special emphasis on the effects of consumption in adolescence.

Design

Prevalence association study. Logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios and 95 % confidence intervals of CHD according to fish or fish-liver oil exposure. Models were adjusted for age, education, concurrent diet and other known risk factors.

Setting

The study was nested within the AGES-Reykjavik Study, conducted in Reykjavik, Iceland.

Subjects

Participants were 3326 women aged 66-96 years, with available information on CHD status at entry to the study and information on fish and fish-liver oil consumption during midlife and adolescence. Di

SUBMITTER: Haraldsdottir A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5395091 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature