Journal article
Red blood cell polyunsaturated fatty acids and mortality in the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study
Journal of clinical lipidology, Vol.11(1), pp.250-259.e5
01/2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2016.12.013
PMID: 28391893
Abstract
The prognostic value of circulating polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) levels is unclear.
To determine the associations between red blood cell (RBC) PUFA levels and risk for death.
This prospective cohort study included 6501 women aged 65 to 80 years who participated in the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (enrolment began 1996). RBC PUFA levels were measured at baseline and expressed as a percent of total RBC PUFAs. PUFAs of primary interest were the n-3 PUFAs eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and their sum (the Omega-3 Index). PUFAs of secondary interest included the 2 major n-6 PUFAs, linoleic acid and arachidonic acid, and the PUFA factor score (a calculated variable including 6 PUFAs that accounts for their intercorrelations). The primary outcome was total mortality through August 2014.
After a median of 14.9 years of follow-up, 1851 women (28.5%) had died. RBC levels of EPA and DHA were higher in the survivors (P < .002 for each). In the fully adjusted models, the hazard ratios (99% confidence intervals) for mortality associated with a 1 standard deviation PUFA increase for total mortality were 0.92 (0.85, 0.98) for the Omega-3 Index, 0.89 (0.82, 0.96) for EPA, 0.93 (0.87, 1.0) for DHA, and 0.76 (0.64, 0.90) for the PUFA factor score. There were no significant associations of alpha-linolenic acid, arachidonic acid or linoleic acid with total mortality.
Higher RBC levels of marine n-3 PUFAs were associated with reduced risk for all-cause mortality. These findings support the beneficial relationship between the Omega-3 Index and health outcomes.
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•Relations between red blood cell fatty acids and total mortality were studied in 6501 women.•Multivariable adjusted odds ratios per 1 standard deviation increase in fatty acid levels were calculated.•There was an 8% reduction in risk associated with higher eicosapentaenoic acid plus docosahexaenoic acid levels.•Red blood cell omega-3 fatty acid content is a significant predictor of all-cause mortality.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Red blood cell polyunsaturated fatty acids and mortality in the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study
- Creators
- William S Harris - Department of Internal Medicine, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD, USAJuhua Luo - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USAJames V Pottala - Department of Internal Medicine, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD, USAMark A Espeland - Department of Biostatistical Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USAKaren L Margolis - HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, MN, USAJoann E Manson - Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USALu Wang - Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USATheodore M Brasky - Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USAJennifer G Robinson - Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of clinical lipidology, Vol.11(1), pp.250-259.e5
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jacl.2016.12.013
- PMID
- 28391893
- NLM abbreviation
- J Clin Lipidol
- ISSN
- 1933-2874
- eISSN
- 1876-4789
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9983995174102771
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