Krill oil and blood lipids
What 2 graded rows on krill oil agree on for blood lipids, and where they differ. Counted side by side, never averaged.
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What the rows agree on
Each block and row is one graded row from the Krill oil page, with its PubMed record.
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Krill oil and blood lipids
2 rows · 820 peopleThey agree: both rows found an improvement.
- BGrade B× 1
- CGrade C× 1
- Rows
- 2
- Trials
- 2
- People
- 820
What the rows share
From the rowsThe best-graded row, grade B, is a randomized trial of 520 people (2022) and found an improvement.
The rows run from 300 to 520 people, published from 2014 to 2022: 2 single studies.
The rows
2 improved- BGrade BTriglycerides in severe hypertriglyceridemia · Improved
RCT · n 520 · 2022 · Adults with very high triglycerides (mean 701 mg/dL) in two pooled trials (TRILOGY 1 and 2)
4 g/day · 26 weeks (primary outcome at 12 weeks)
Triglycerides fell more than with placebo, with a safety profile similar to placebo.
- CGrade CTriglycerides in borderline high or high triglycerides · Improved
RCT · n 300 · 2014 · Adults with low fish intake and fasting triglycerides of 150–499 mg/dL
0.5, 1, 2 or 4 g/day (groups pooled for analysis) · 12 weeks
Pooled across the four doses, serum triglycerides fell 10.2% relative to placebo and LDL cholesterol did not rise; the authors noted high variability and called for further study.