Research Article
Effects of Omega-3 Fatty Acid in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Meta-Analysis
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the included studies.
| Authors, year [ref.] | Total | Population | Mean BMI category | Dose n-3/day | Duration | Control | Component n-3/1000 mg capsule | Diagosis |
| Argo et al., 2015 [27] | 34 | NASH | Obese | 3000 mg | 12 months | Placebo | 35% EPA + 250% DHA + 10% other n-3s | Liver biopsy + haematochemical | Scorletti et al., 2014 [28] | 103 | NAFLD | Obese | 4000 mg | 15–18 months | Placebo | 46% EPA + 38% DHA | Liver biopsy or imaging evidence or features of MetS | Sanyal et al., 2014 [29] | 119 | NASH/NAFLD | Obese | 2700 mg | 12 months | Placebo | Highly purified EPA ethyl ester | Liver biopsy + haematochemical | Sofi et al., 2010 [30] | 11 | NAFLD | Obese | 830 mg | 12 months | Placebo | 56.6% EPA + 28.9% DHA | Ultrasonography + haematochemical | Dasarathy et al., 2015 [31] | 37 | NASH with diabetes | Obese | 3600 mg | 12 months | without treatment | 60% EPA + 40% DHA | Liver biopsy + haematochemical | Zhu et al., 2008 [2] | 134 | NAFLD | Obese | 2000 mg | 24 weeks | Placebo | Seal oils | Ultrasonography + haematochemical | Spadaro et al., 2008 [32] | 36 | NAFLD | Obese | 2000 mg | 6 months | Without treatment | Not mentioned | Ultrasonography + haematochemical | Capanni et al., 2006 [33] | 56 | NAFLD | Obese | 1000 mg | 12 months | Placebo | 37.5% EPA + 62.5% DHA | Ultrasonography + haematochemical | Vega et al., 2008 [34] | 16 | Subset of DHS cohort | Obese | 9000 mg | 8 wk | Placebo | 51.4% C20:5, 23.9% C22:6 | Elevated HTGC (MRS) + average ALT within reference range | Chen et al. 2008 [35] | 46 | NAFLD | Not specified | 5000 mg | 24 wk | Placebo | Harp seal oil capsules (not specified) | Elevated LFTs and TGs |
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