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. 2020 Mar;17(3):378-381.
doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201910-740RL.

Relationship between Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acid Intake and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Morbidity

Chantal Lemoine  1 , Emily Brigham  2 , Han Woo  2 , Abigail Koch  2 , Corrine Hanson  3 , Karina Romero  2 , Nirupama Putcha  2 , Meredith McCormack  2   4 , Nadia Hansel  2   4
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Relationship between Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acid Intake and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Morbidity

Chantal Lemoine et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2020 Mar.
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Figure 1.
Representative respiratory outcomes demonstrating the opposing relationships between omega-3 and omega-6 intake and predicted COPD Assessment Test CAT score (impact of disease), predicted St. George’s Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) score (health-related quality of life), and predicted probability of reported severe exacerbation in the prior 3 months. Point estimates and 95% confidence intervals depict average predicted level of outcome at the observed level of omega fatty acid between the 10th and 90th percentiles of the population range, adjusting for other covariates, constructed using a fractional polynomial model to more flexibly identify omega fatty acid–outcome functional shape, allowing potentially nonlinear relationships. Covariates include age, sex, race (white vs. others), education (high school or less versus more than high school), body mass index, total calories, pack-years of smoking, forced expiratory volume in 1 second percent predicted, and alternate fatty acid held at their observed values. CAT = COPD Assessment Test; Pr = probability.
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