270
Participants
Start Date
May 31, 2004
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2011
Study Completion Date
May 31, 2016
omega 3 fatty acids
The supplements are taken orally with a meal, each day. The amount of the omega 3 fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid is 400 mg/day; taken in two 500 mg capsules each providing 200 mg docosahexaenoic acid. The placebo is two 500 mg capsules soybean/canola oil. Both the supplement and placebo are a total of 1 gm/day (2x500 mg) and about 10 calories per day.
vegetable oil
The supplement is a dietary supplement of vegetable oil as a placebo
Children's & Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, Vancouver
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
OTHER_GOV
University of British Columbia
OTHER