| EPA | DHA | DPA |
---|---|---|---|
Physiologic risk factors | |||
Lipids | ↓ TG levels | ↓ TG levels | — |
 | ↓ HDL3 cholesterol2 | ↑ LDL particle size |  |
 |  | ↑ HDL2 cholesterol |  |
Vascular and cardiac hemodynamics | Minimal BP effects | ↓ BP | — |
 | ? Heart rate effects | ↓ Heart rate |  |
↑ Cardiac diastolic filling2 | ↑ Cardiac diastolic filling2 |  | |
↑ Arterial compliance2 | ↑ Arterial compliance2 |  | |
Endothelial function | No clear effects2 | No clear effects2 | — |
Inflammation and oxidative | ↓ Inflammation, mixed | ↓ Inflammation, mixed | ↓ Inflammation, mixed |
stress | results2 | results2 | results2,3 |
 | ↓ Oxidative stress, mixed results2 | ↓ Oxidative stress, mixed results2 |  |
Thrombosis and coagulation | ↓ Collagen-stimulated platelet aggregation2 | ↓ Collagen-stimulated platelet aggregation2 | ↓ Collagen-stimulated platelet aggregation2 |
 | Otherwise minimal effects on thrombosis or coagulation | Otherwise minimal effects on thrombosis or coagulation |  |