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| Title |
Commentary on a trial comparing krill oil versus fish oil
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Lipids in Health and Disease, January 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1476-511x-13-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Peter D Nichols, Soressa M Kitessa, Mahinda Abeywardena |
| Abstract |
Considerable interest exists presently in comparing the performance of krill oil (KO) and fish oil (FO) supplements. Ramprasath et al. (Lipids Health Dis12:178, 2013) have recently compared use of KO and FO in a trial with healthy individuals to examine which oil is more effective in increasing n-3 PUFA, decreasing the n-6:n-3 ratio and improving the omega-3 index. The authors concluded that KO was more effective than FO for all three criteria. However, careful examination of the fatty acid profiles of the oils used showed that the FO used was not a typical FO; it contained linoleic acid as the dominant fatty acid (32%) and an n-6:n-3 ratio of >1. Due to the fatty acid profile being non-representative of typically commercially marketed FO, the conclusions presented by Ramrasath et al. (Lipids Health Dis12:178, 2013) are not justified and misleading. Considerable care is needed in ensuring that such comparative trials do not use inappropriate ingredients. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 21 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 5 | 23% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 9% |
| Other | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 6 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 32% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 18% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 5% |
| Chemical Engineering | 1 | 5% |
| Sports and Recreations | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 7 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 January 2014.
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#20,215,721
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#1,196
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#264,724
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#30
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