date:Aug 28, 2018
placebo pill containing olive oil. The study was randomised and blinded, meaning that participants had no idea which they were taking.
Patients were followed for an average of just over seven years.
Among those taking fish oil pills, 8.9 per cent suffered a heart attack or stroke, compared to 9.2 per cent in the placebo group, which was not a significant difference.
Our large, long-term randomized trial shows that fish oil supplements do not reduce the risk of cardiovascular events in patient