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Citation

Patra BN, Khandelwal SK, Chadda RK, Lakshmy R, Abraham RA. Asian J. Psychiatry 2018; 31: 152-156.

Affiliation

Department of Cardiac Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, 110029, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ajp.2017.12.006

PMID

29229218

Abstract

AIM: To study the plasma omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acid levels in patients with depressive episode and in matched healthy controls.

METHOD: Thirty patients with first episode depression and thirty healthy matched control subjects were recruited from a tertiary care hospital setting. We measured plasma omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acid levels of the study and the control group.

RESULT: There were no significant differences in plasma omega 3 fatty acid levels between study group and control group. The plasma omega 6 fatty acid levels of study group were significantly less than that of control group.

CONCLUSIONS: The present study is an initial attempt to investigate the link between fatty acids and depression in a clinical setting in India. This comparative study with normal controls did not etiologically link these polyunsaturated fatty acids in this sample of depressive disorder.

Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


Language: en

Keywords

Body mass index; Depression; Fatty acids; Omega 3 fatty acids; Suicide

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