A randomized clinical trial to determine the efficacy of manufacturers’ recommended doses of omega-3 fatty acids from different sources in facilitating cardiovascular disease risk reduction

Table 7 **Adjusted* number of subjects who scored Good, Neutral or Poor in terms of CVD risk reduction, from Day 0 to Day 28**

Type of FA	Score	OS™(EPA + DPA + DHA)	ω-3 SES	E + DSES	ω-3 RBCES	Total	Total minus E + DSES
rTG	Good	32	30	32	27	121	89
Concentrated	Neutral	0	2	0	5	7	7
Triglyceride	Poor	0	0	0	0	0	0
EE	Good	30	26	31	16	103	72
Ethyl ester	Neutral	0	3	0	15	18	18
	Poor	2	3	1	1	7	6
PL	Good	24	15	30	10	79	49
Phospho-	Neutral	5	11	0	19	35	35
lipid (krill)	Poor	3	6	2	3	14	12
TG	Good	26	17	30	9	82	52
Triglyceride	Neutral	2	10	0	21	33	33
	Poor	4	5	2	2	13	11

OS™: OmegaScore™; ω-3 SES: Omega-3 Serum Equivalence Score; E + DSES: EPA + DHA Serum Equivalence Score; ω-3 RBCES: Omega-3 Red Blood Cell Equivalence Score.
*“neutral” numbers have been adjusted to exclude subjects whose initial ranking for any of the biomarkers was low risk, and whose ranking did not change from Day 0 to Day 28. These subjects have been re-rated as “good”.

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