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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION
Volume 97, Issue 1, Pages 58-65Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.112.044198
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- Academy of Finland [126925, 121584, 124282, 129378, 117797, 41071, 250422, 137870]
- Social Insurance Institution of Finland, Kuopio [9M048, 9N035]
- Turku University Hospital Medical Funds
- Juho Vainio Foundation
- Paavo Nurmi Foundation
- Finnish Foundation of Cardiovascular Research
- Finnish Cultural Foundation
- Sigrid Juselius Foundation
- Tampere Tuberculosis Foundation
- Emil Aaltonen Foundation
- Responding to Public Health Challenges Research Programme of the Academy of Finland [129429]
- Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research
- University of Oulu
- Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation
- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia [1004474]
- Academy of Finland (AKA) [250422, 250422] Funding Source: Academy of Finland (AKA)
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Background: Impaired fetal growth is independently associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events in adulthood. Prevention strategies that can be implemented during adulthood have not been identified. Objective: The objective was to determine whether habitual omega-3 (n-3) fatty acid intake is associated with the rate of increase of carotid intima-media thickness during adulthood in individuals with impaired fetal growth. Design: This was a population-based, prospective cohort study of 1573 adults in Finland. Carotid intima-media thickness was assessed in 2001 (at ages 24-39 y) and in 2007. Participants were categorized as having had impaired fetal growth (term birth with birth weight <10th percentile for sex or preterm birth with birth weight <25th percentile for gestational age and sex; n = 193) or normal fetal growth (all other participants; n = 1380). Omega-3 fatty acid intake was assessed by using a food-frequency questionnaire and on the basis of serum fatty acid concentrations. Results: In multivariable models, the 6-y progression of carotid intima-media thickness was inversely associated with dietary omega-3 fatty acids in those with impaired fetal growth (P = 0.04). Similarly, serum omega-3 fatty acid concentrations were inversely associated with the 6-y progression of carotid intima-media thickness in those with impaired fetal growth (P = 0.04) but were not noted in those with normal fetal growth (P = 0.94 and P = 0.26, respectively). Conclusion: Dietary intake of omega-3 fatty acids is associated with a slower rate of increase in carotid intima-media thickness in those with impaired fetal growth. Am J Clin Nutr 2013;97:58-65.
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