Seafood ChoiCeS

Seafood Choices: Balancing Benefits and Risks
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APPENDIX B 0
Amount Results Conclusion**
Fish advice = eat at least 2
portions of oily fish each
week or take up to 3 g
of fish oil as a partial or
total substitute
Fruit/vegetable advice = eat
4-5 portions of fruit and
vegetables and drink at
least 1 glass of natural
orange juice daily, and
also increase the intake
of oats
Both = a combination of
both of these forms of
advice
Sensible eating = nonspecific
advice that did
not include either form
of advice
Those given fish advice had significantly higher
percentage of cardiac deaths (p=0.02) and
sudden deaths (p=0.02) compared to those
who did not receive fish advice. There was not
a significant difference in the number of total
deaths between these two groups.
No significant differences were found between
the fruit/vegetable advice group and the no
fruit/vegetable advice group for total number
of deaths, number of cardiac deaths, or number
of sudden deaths.
After adjusting for age, smoking, previous MI,
history of high blood pressure, diabetes, BMI,
serum cholesterol, medication, and fruit advice
or fish advice:
Those who received fish advice had a slightly
significant higher hazard ratio for cardiac
deaths (HR=1.26, p=0.047) and a significant
higher hazard ratio for sudden death
(HR=1.54, p=0.025), compared to those who
did not receive fish advice.
There were no significant associations found
between those who received fruit/vegetable
advice vs. those who did not and all deaths,
cardiac deaths, or sudden deaths.
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