Fish Oil–Derived Fatty Acids in Pregnancy and Wheeze and Asthma in Offspring

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Hans Bisgaard · University of Copenhagen

Jakob Stokholm · Gentofte Hospital

Bo Chawes · University of Copenhagen

Nadja Hawwa Vissing · Gentofte Hospital

Elín Bjarnadóttir · Næstved Sygehus

Ann‐Marie Malby Schoos · University of Copenhagen

Helene M. Wolsk ·

Abstract

Supplementation with n-3 LCPUFA in the third trimester of pregnancy reduced the absolute risk of persistent wheeze or asthma and infections of the lower respiratory tract in offspring by approximately 7 percentage points, or one third. (Funded by the Lundbeck Foundation and others; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00798226 .).

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Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Fatty Acid Research and Health Asthma and respiratory diseases

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Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 375, Issue 26, pp. 2530-2539

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1503734

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Fish Oil–Derived Fatty Acids in Pregnancy and Wheeze and Asthma in Offspring

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