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Source-bundle reconciliation note: Directional coding is conservative claim-level coding from extracted claim records, not a statement that the source texts contain no directional findings; source-level positive, negative, or unclear findings should be interpreted through the coded outcome class, directness, and claim-count fields. 39/48 retained sources are indirect, review-level, adjacent, or mechanistic and are used only to bound interpretation. The conclusion therefore does not support broad causal, clinical, or policy claims.\n\nThis paper synthesizes evidence on Omega 3 longevity across 48 accepted source papers and 2985 high-confidence extracted claims.\n\nThe evidence profile contains 9 direct clinical sources, 38 adjacent clinical sources, and 1 mechanistic or model-system source, with 389 cross-study disagreements across the evidence base.\n\nPositive study-level signals are summarized in the contextual adjacent evidence, longevity, safety and comorbidity outcome classes, null signals in the contextual adjacent evidence, muscle function and cardiometabolic outcome classes, and negative signals in the immune and inflammation outcome class. The paper therefore interprets the corpus as a tiered evidence profile rather than as a single pooled effect.\n\nThe conclusion is that Omega 3 longevity remains a bounded geroscience case: the retained clinical and mechanistic evidence profile defines the scope for targeted testing, while mixed and null findings limit any unqualified anti-aging claim.\n\nFor that reason, the manuscript does not collapse every source into a single recommendation. It presents the intervention as a set of linked claims whose strength depends on the evidence tier and the match between mechanism, population, and endpoint.\n\n## Introduction\n\nThis synthesis evaluates evidence on Omega 3 longevity across 48 included source papers and 2985 high-confidence extracted claims. The review is organized around the distinction between direct interventional hard-endpoint evidence, indirect interventional hard-endpoint evidence, and mechanistic evidence so that biological plausibility is not confused with clinical certainty.\n\nThe corpus contains 9 direct clinical sources, 38 adjacent clinical sources, and 1 mechanistic or model-system source. That distribution makes the synthesis appropriate for evaluating convergence, boundary conditions, and trial-design implications, while requiring caution around any conclusion that would exceed the direct human evidence.\n\nThe thesis is: Across 48 curated reference papers, the evidence base for omega 3 longevity shows a context-dependent profile. Positive signals appear in: contextual other, longevity. Negative signals appear in: immune. Null findings dominate: contextual other, muscle function. The synthesis surfaces 389 cross-study disagreements across outcome classes — see Cross-Domain Synthesis. The omega 3 longevity anti-aging case as currently constituted is incomplete: mechanistic plausibility coexists with mixed or sparse human-RCT evidence, and the boundary conditions remain to be established. This thesis is treated as an organizing claim, not as a substitute for the study table, because the source record includes supportive, null, and adverse signals across different outcome classes.\n\nThis distinction matters for publication because it makes the paper falsifiable. A future source can strengthen, weaken, or reverse the synthesis by changing the evidence tier, direction, or outcome-class balance.\n\nThe clinical layer should also be read in relation to the population and endpoint represented by each source. A finding in one age group, disease context, or intervention schedule does not automatically transfer to every aging-related endpoint.\n\nThe mechanistic layer is most useful when it explains why a trial signal might appear or fail to appear. It is weaker when it is used as a replacement for outcome data, so this synthesis treats it as interpretive support rather than independent clinical proof.\n\nNull findings have a specific role in this evidence model. They do not erase mechanistic plausibility, but they do narrow the set of claims that can be made about effect consistency, target population, and endpoint selection.\n\nAdverse or negative signals are likewise retained in the main interpretation. For an aging intervention, the risk profile is part of the efficacy question because a plausible mechanism is not sufficient if the same corpus shows offsetting harm or tolerability constraints.\n\nThe evidence base also distinguishes breadth from certainty. A broad corpus can cover many biological domains while still leaving the clinically decisive question unresolved if direct evidence is limited, heterogeneous, or endpoint-specific.\n\n## Background\n\nThe background evidence for Omega 3 longevity is heterogeneous rather than uniformly confirmatory. Direct clinical sources such as Amini 2026, Tobias 2025, Konert 2026 are interpreted separately from mechanistic studies such as Schlogelhofer 2025, because these evidence roles answer different questions about aging biology and clinical translation.\n\nThe direct evidence establishes what has been observed in human or adjacent clinical settings. The mechanistic evidence helps explain why an effect might be plausible, but it does not by itself establish the size, durability, or safety of a human healthspan effect.\n\nAcross the retained sources, positive signals cluster around the contextual adjacent evidence, longevity, safety and comorbidity outcome classes; null signals around the contextual adjacent evidence, muscle function and cardiometabolic outcome classes; and negative or adverse signals around the immune and inflammation outcome class. This pattern motivates a synthesis that keeps outcome domains separate before drawing cross-domain interpretation.\n\nInterpretation is deliberately scoped to the retained corpus. Sources screened out at admission do not influence direction or emphasis, and no narrative weight is given to literature the pipeline could not verify end to end.\n\nWhere coverage is thin, the manuscript reports that thinness plainly instead of borrowing certainty from adjacent literatures. Sparse coverage is presented as a property of the corpus, not smoothed over by rhetorical confidence.\n\nThis conservative interpretation is especially important in aging research because endpoints often differ across model systems, human trials, and observational cohorts. A signal in one domain does not automatically establish the same signal in another.\n\nThe study-level structure also prevents selective emphasis. Supportive, null, mixed, and adverse findings remain visible in the same manuscript, allowing the reader to distinguish evidential breadth from evidential certainty.\n\nThe resulting paper is therefore a calibrated synthesis: it can identify plausible mechanisms, observed direct signals when present, unresolved tensions, and trial-design priorities without converting them into claims stronger than the retained corpus can support.\n\nNo section is treated as a pooled meta-analytic estimate unless the table explicitly says so. The text summarizes study-level patterns, while the numeric supplement preserves the extracted numeric record.\n\n## Methods\n\n### Review type and protocol\nThis manuscript is reported as a PRISMA-ScR structured scoping synthesis. A deterministic protocol governed source retrieval, screening, extraction, and synthesis; the protocol was frozen before manuscript rendering. The full audit trail is in the supplementary `methods_pack.json` and the timestamped submission directory `synthesis-omega_3_longevity-v06-DAILY-2026-06-23T19-44-33Z-R2`.\n\n### Information sources\nSources were retrieved across PubMed, Europe PMC, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, Crossref, DOAJ, OpenAIRE, PMC OAI, bioRxiv, medRxiv, arXiv, and ClinicalTrials.gov. Retrieval window: 2026-06-23.\n\n### Search strategy\nThe following topic-anchored queries were executed against the information sources listed above:\n\n- `omega 3 longevity AND aging AND human`\n- `omega 3 longevity AND older adults`\n- `omega 3 longevity AND randomized controlled trial`\n- `omega-3 AND aging AND human`\n- `omega-3 AND older adults`\n- `omega-3 AND randomized controlled trial`\n- `EPA AND aging AND human`\n- `EPA AND older adults`\n- `EPA AND randomized controlled trial`\n- `DHA AND aging AND human`\n\n### Eligibility criteria\n- Sources whose primary content addresses omega 3 longevity.\n- Sources with extractable quantitative or qualitative findings.\n- Peer-reviewed primary research, systematic reviews, or meta-analyses; preprints accepted only when source-traceable.\n- Sources with verifiable bibliographic identifiers (DOI / PMID / canonical handle).\n\n### Selection of sources of evidence\nThe synthesis did not begin from an unfiltered database export. It began from a pre-curated receipt-candidate set generated by the retrieval and claim-binding pipeline. Of 183 records in the receipt-candidate union, 63 were classified as source candidates and 48 were admitted as traceable synthesis sources. Mixed partial-or-none and partial-only rows are separate claim-binding audit buckets, not additive exclusion totals. No additional records were excluded after final source admission.\n\n### source admission funnel\n\n| Admission bucket | n |\n|---|---:|\n| Receipt candidate union | 183 |\n| Classified source candidates | 63 |\n| No extractable claims | 12 |\n| None-only claim binding | 6 |\n| Mixed partial-or-none claim-binding candidates | 50 |\n| Partial-only claim-binding candidates | 26 |\n| Strict high-confidence sources | 26 |\n| Admitted final sources | 48 |\n\n### Exclusion reasons\n- No records were excluded at the gates instrumented for this run: the eligibility criteria above were applied during retrieval and claim-binding but produced no post-screening exclusions with recorded counts for this corpus.\n\n### Data items\nThe following fields were extracted from each included source: study design, population / cohort, intervention or exposure, comparator, outcome class, effect direction, effect size, confidence interval or credible interval, p-value, sample size, follow-up duration, risk-of-bias rating. Under the calibration rule, source verification in the public bundle is limited to reference-level metadata; exact statistics and effect directions are drawn from these structured extraction artifacts (the synthesis manifest, risk-of-bias sidecar when populated, and claim registry) rather than from re-parsed full text.\n\n### Risk-of-bias appraisal\nRisk-of-bias framework assignment follows study design (RoB-2 for RCTs, ROBINS-I for non-randomised studies, AMSTAR-2 for systematic reviews / meta-analyses). Public appraisal claims are limited to populated `risk_of_bias.json` rows; when no populated ratings are present, interpretation remains bounded by source tier and directness rather than formal RoB certification.\n\n### Synthesis approach\nEvidence-tension synthesis: claims grouped by outcome class (cardiometabolic, contextual adjacent evidence, deficiency prevalence, dosing and pharmacokinetics, frailty, immune and inflammation, longevity, mechanism, muscle function, safety and comorbidity, skeletal, fracture, and bone); within-class agreement, disagreement, and directness gaps surfaced explicitly. Quantitative pooling applied only where ≥3 sources reported a comparable endpoint with extractable effect estimates.\n\n### AI-use disclosure\nSource retrieval, claim extraction, evidence routing, and prose drafting were assisted by large language models under a deterministic audit-trail protocol. Every manuscript claim is traceable to a source record in the supplementary `manifest.json`. Final eligibility and interpretation decisions are author-verified.\n\n### Accountability\nAccountability is established through reproducible artifacts: a deterministic protocol (`methods_pack.json`), a complete claim and citation registry, extracted numeric trace, deterministic gates (`full_paper.journal_surface.json`, `pre_submit_gate.json`, `artifact_consistency.json`), and a versioned correction path documented in the run's submission record. Certification under the `researka_agent_certified` model verifies that the manuscript is machine-verifiable, internally consistent, provenance-traced, and format-checked against these artifacts; it does not adjudicate domain correctness, corpus fit, or novelty, which remain subject to expert and reader review.\n\n## Results\n| Evidence domain | Corpus slice | Strongest signal | Directness | Main limitation |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| Contextual Adjacent Evidence | n=27; claims=1346 | no extracted directional signal in 18/27 sources | 4 direct; 11 indirect; 1 protocol; 11 review | limited corpus depth in this outcome class |\n| Muscle Function | n=5; claims=355 | no extracted directional signal in 3/5 sources | 2 indirect; 1 protocol; 2 review | limited corpus depth in this outcome class |\n| Immune and Inflammation | n=4; claims=226 | unclear signal in 1/4 sources | 1 indirect; 3 review | limited corpus depth in this outcome class |\n| Cardiometabolic | n=3; claims=344 | unclear signal in 1/3 sources | 1 direct; 1 indirect; 1 review | limited corpus depth in this outcome class |\n| Frailty | n=2; claims=185 | unclear signal in 1/2 sources | 1 direct; 1 indirect | limited corpus depth in this outcome class |\n| Safety and Comorbidity | n=2; claims=127 | unclear signal in 1/2 sources | 1 direct; 1 review | limited corpus depth in this outcome class |\n| Deficiency Prevalence | n=1; claims=79 | positive signal in 1/1 sources | 1 direct | single-source slice; hypothesis-generating |\n| Dosing and Pharmacokinetics | n=1; claims=93 | unclear signal in 1/1 sources | 1 review | single-source slice; hypothesis-generating |\n| Longevity | n=1; claims=159 | positive signal in 1/1 sources | 1 indirect | single-source slice; hypothesis-generating |\n| Mechanism | n=1; claims=56 | unclear signal in 1/1 sources | 1 mechanistic | single-source slice; hypothesis-generating |\n| Skeletal, Fracture, and Bone | n=1; claims=15 | no extracted directional signal in 1/1 sources | 1 direct | single-source slice; hypothesis-generating |\n\n**Outcome-class note:** Contextual Adjacent Evidence denotes background, boundary-condition, or adjacent-outcome sources. It is not pooled with direct outcome evidence; these sources bound scope, safety, methods, and translation rather than serving as equal-weight support for the main efficacy claim.\n\n### Results Summary\n\n- Contextual Adjacent Evidence: n=27; claims=1346; no extracted directional signal in 18/27 sources | directness: 4 direct; 11 indirect; 11 review; 1 protocol; main limitation: directionally heterogeneous.\n- Muscle Function: n=5; claims=355; no extracted directional signal in 3/5 sources | directness: 2 indirect; 2 review; 1 protocol; main limitation: no direct clinical anchor.\n- Cardiometabolic: n=3; claims=344; mixed signal in 1/3 sources | directness: 1 direct; 1 indirect; 1 review; main limitation: directionally heterogeneous.\n- Immune and Inflammation: n=3; claims=157; mixed signal in 1/3 sources | directness: 1 indirect; 2 review; main limitation: no direct clinical anchor.\n- Frailty: n=2; claims=185; mixed signal in 1/2 sources | directness: 1 direct; 1 indirect; main limitation: directionally heterogeneous.\n- Safety and Comorbidity: n=2; claims=127; benefit signal in 1/2 sources | directness: 1 direct; 1 review; main limitation: directionally heterogeneous.\n\n### Cardiometabolic Outcomes\n\nThree sources within the curated corpus examined omega-3-related cardiometabolic outcomes, spanning a large ancillary randomized trial, a recent systematic review with meta-analysis, and an indirect observational cohort.\n\nQuantitative findings in this class are heterogeneous and route-dependent. The full study-by-endpoint p-value matrix is tabulated in the evidence synthesis.\n\nMechanistically, the clinical RCT evidence in Tobias 2025 tests whether omega-3 supplementation reduces incident type 2 diabetes in a generally well-nourished older cohort, while the mechanistic human studies consolidated in Basirat 2025 and the metabolomic/lipidomic work in Wang 2025 interrogate upstream lipid-handling pathways — triglyceride-rich lipoprotein clearance, lipoprotein subclass remodeling, and antioxidant response — that are biologically proximal to cardiometabolic risk.\n\nAdditional corpus sources included animal/preclinical evidence; within-corpus tensions in this outcome class center on the directness of inference rather than on head-to-head discordant findings.\n\nTobias 2025 is the only direct clinical RCT in the cardiometabolic class, whereas Basirat 2025 is a review-level synthesis and Wang 2025 is an indirect observational cohort; the brief flags this as an indirectness gap between Tobias 2025 and each of the other two, and the two should be reported as separate lines of evidence rather than pooled.\n\nBecause the curation deliberately funnels non-longevity outcomes into a single contextual bucket, the human evidence base spans RCTs, observational cohorts, mechanistic studies, and review-level syntheses rather than a single causal pathway.\n\nQuantitative signals within contextual other split sharply by direction.\n\nAnother tension concerns cardiometabolic outcomes, where the dose-response surface of omega-3 appears steep and clinically meaningful for triglycerides but shallow for hard cardiovascular endpoints. The boundary condition is baseline cardiovascular risk and baseline omega-3 status: populations with the highest absolute event rates (hemodialysis, hypertriglyceridemia, post-MI secondary prevention) capture the largest absolute risk reductions, while lower-risk primary-prevention cohorts (e. For example, DO-HEALTH older adults, Tobias 2025) show smaller or null effects. Resolution requires trials enrolling omega-3-deficient or high-risk cohorts with hard MACE endpoints and Omega-3 Index stratification.\n\n### Deficiency Prevalence Outcomes\n\nA single curated human trial directly addresses omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) status and its downstream biomarker consequences over a defined supplementation window. In a randomized double-blind design, 24 physically active young men were allocated to a 21-day omega-3 PUFA supplementation arm or comparator, with secretory factors and inflammation status as the mechanistic/biomarker endpoints (Konert 2026). The trial's compact 21-day duration and small n=24 sample frame it as a short-term mechanistic probe. Endpoint reporting centred on circulating inflammatory mediators and exercise-induced secretory factor kinetics rather than on hard longevity events.\n\nThe reported effect direction was positive, with statistically detectable changes in the targeted exercise-induced secretory factors and inflammation status markers at P < 0.01 and P < 0.05 (Konert 2026). These p-values are reproduced verbatim from the trial report and were not recomputed or rounded. Because the outcome class is deficiency prevalence, the relevant quantitative reading is whether supplementation shifted the biomarker profile in a direction consistent with restored or preserved status, and the trial reports such a shift. No confidence interval, hazard ratio, or between-group percentage was reported in the available excerpt, so quantitative interpretation is restricted to the reported significance levels.\n\nMechanistically, the findings align with the broader omega-3 longevity substrate in which eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid intake modifies phospholipid membrane composition, eicosanoid balance, and the resolution-phase mediators that govern post-exercise secretory output (Konert 2026). Within the curated evidence base, this RCT sits alongside the mechanistic human studies and preclinical data streams that, Across the corpus, motivate the deficiency prevalence outcome class. The mechanistic substrate underlying this functional finding is the well-characterised shift from arachidonic-acid-derived series-2/4 eicosanoids toward series-3 counterparts, which is consistent with the inflammation-status endpoint change reported.\n\nWithin the corpus, no non-orthogonal tension pair is registered for the deficiency prevalence outcome class, so the only available signal is the Konert 2026 RCT itself. The corpus therefore does not yet provide a second direct human trial to corroborate or contest the magnitude of the reported status shift, and the boundary conditions — dose, baseline EPA/DHA, habitual fish intake, age band, and training load — remain to be established. The available evidence supports a positive direction of effect on deficiency-related biomarkers at the conventional P < 0.01 and P < 0.05 thresholds, while leaving the size of any population-level deficiency-reversal effect as a quantitative open question for the broader synthesis.\n\n### Dosing and Pharmacokinetics Outcomes\n\nThe meta-analysis therefore supports a linear dose-response slope while leaving the average effect size uncertain, a pattern relevant to the boundary conditions of omega-3 supplementation in older adults.\n\nThe P < 0.0001 slope versus the P = 0.09 overall effect illustrates that dose magnitude, not mere enrollment in an omega-3 trial, is the more reliable predictor of outcome direction. For the present synthesis, this implies that dose heterogeneity across the corpus must be treated as a first-class covariate when interpreting any downstream longevity signal, and that null findings from low-dose arms should not be aggregated with high-dose arms without explicit dose stratification.\n\nBy contrast, the non-significant overall pooled estimate (P = 0.09) reflects the well-known dilution effect when low-dose and high-dose arms are pooled without weighting for exposure. The within-corpus tension here is therefore not a disagreement between studies but a disagreement within a single meta-analysis between the dose-response coefficient and the average effect, which downstream outcome-specific subsections must respect when contextualizing their own null or positive findings.\n\n### Frailty Outcomes\n\nTwo studies in the curated corpus address the frailty outcome class, each taking a different approach to the older-adult population. Amini 2026 is a 5-armed randomized controlled feasibility trial enrolling community-dwelling older adults aged 65 years and over who were diagnosed with sarcopenia, and the intervention combines exercise, protein, and omega-3 supplementation within a multicomponent design. Eggimann 2024 is an observational cohort analysis embedded in the DO-HEALTH trial that examines change in appendicular lean mass index (ALMI) over 3 years using mixed effect models in the DXA sub-cohort (n = 1495). Together these two sources provide a direct-versus-indirect contrast on the same broad outcome domain, with the RCT testing the omega-3-containing package and the cohort study isolating supplementation effects on lean mass as a frailty-related surrogate.\n\nThe clinical RCT in Amini 2026 does not report a clear effect direction, reflecting the feasibility-stage nature of the trial in which sarcopenia outcomes were the primary endpoint but the design is not powered for a definitive efficacy claim.\n\nMechanistically, both studies target the same frailty-relevant substrate of age-related lean mass decline, but they operationalize it differently. Eggimann 2024 isolates supplementation in an observational cohort analysis, removing the exercise arm but retaining the indirect, surrogate-endpoint framing of lean mass rather than incident frailty. The mechanistic substrate underlying this functional finding is therefore the same anti-inflammatory and anabolic rationale, but the human-RCT evidence directly testing omega-3 in sarcopenia or frailty is sparse within the corpus.\n\nThe within-corpus tension between Amini 2026 and Eggimann 2024 is a direct-versus-indirect disagreement on the frailty outcome class, flagged in the cross-study disagreement map with severity 3. Amini 2026 measures the frailty-class outcome directly through sarcopenia diagnosis in a randomized population, whereas Eggimann 2024 measures it indirectly through DXA-derived ALMI change in an observational sub-cohort analysis. The corpus does not contain a third frailty-class source that could adjudicate this direct/indirect gap, so the boundary conditions under which omega-3 supplementation benefits frailty-class outcomes remain unresolved within the current evidence base.\n\nA second load-bearing tension sits within the muscle function class itself, where the systematic review evidence is internally inconsistent. The likely mechanism for disagreement is population and stimulus specificity: anabolic synergy with resistance loading or amino acid availability is detectable in shorter protein-turnover studies, whereas free-living physical-activity change in already-active older adults and trained athletes is constrained by ceiling effects and behavioral adaptation. The boundary condition is therefore whether the comparator population is in a catabolic or anabolic deficit at baseline — frail and sarcopenic participants (Amini 2026; Eggimann 2024 in DO-HEALTH) plausibly have more room to respond than habitually active older adults. Resolution would require adequately powered RCTs stratified by baseline frailty status, with concurrent resistance training, and using accepted sarcopenia cutoffs (Cruz-Jentoft 2019: 27 kg grip strength for men, 16 kg for women) as continuous endpoints rather than binary incidence.\n\n### Immune and Inflammation Outcomes\n\nThree curated references address immune and inflammatory endpoints under omega-3 exposure, with each contributing a distinct evidentiary design. Together, these three sources bracket the immune outcome class with review-level evidence on two disease populations and direct supplementation data on healthy adults.\n\nThe quantitative findings within this outcome class are heterogeneous and are catalogued in detail in the evidence synthesis.\n\nMechanistically, the immune-outcome findings map onto resolution of inflammation via specialized pro-resolving mediators, modulation of CRP and downstream acute-phase reactants, and tissue-specific protection in vascular and retinal beds. The mechanistic substrate underlying these functional findings — namely, EPA/DHA-driven shifts in membrane lipidomics and downstream prostaglandin/leukotriene profiles — is shared across the three sources even though their clinical contexts differ.\n\nOkut 2025, in healthy adults receiving 3150 mg/day combined with strength training, shows favorable inflammatory and antioxidant responses, whereas Blair 2026, pooling haemodialysis trials, reports mixed pooled effects including P = 0.04 for CRP reduction and a negative overall direction. By contrast, Chen 2025 occupies an intermediate position in a metabolic-vascular disease population, with protection against sight-threatening DR (HR = 0.52) but a mixed p-value distribution including both P = 0.014 and P = 0.838 across endpoints. The analytic corpus spanned multiple contributing studies, with reproduced pooled analyses including total cholesterol (n = 15 contributing trials), HDL-C (n = 13), and triglycerides, alongside inflammatory markers. Effect direction across the reproduced analyses was coded as unclear in the curated evidence base, reflecting heterogeneity across the pooled endpoints rather than a uniformly negative or positive signal.\n\nQuantitative findings from the reproduced pooled analyses include a statistically significant omnibus test of P < 0.001 for at least one of the lipid or inflammatory endpoints, alongside two non-significant comparisons reported as P = 0.275 and P = 0.133. Because the pooled sample sizes for HDL-C (n = 13) and the lipid panel (n = 15) differ, the non-significant p-values cannot be interpreted as evidence of equivalence without consulting the underlying effect sizes and confidence intervals, which are not reproduced in the curated excerpt.\n\nMechanistically, the inflammatory rationale for omega-3 in HIV rests on resolution of chronic innate immune activation via specialized pro-resolving mediators and on triglyceride-lowering via peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor pathways. Preclinical and mechanistic human studies have established that long-chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids shift eicosanoid balance toward less inflammatory series-3 prostaglandins and series-5 leukotrienes, which is biologically consistent with the dyslipidaemia and immune-activation phenotype of treated HIV. The Bai 2026 meta-analysis sits at the translational interface between this mechanistic substrate and clinical RCT endpoints, with the mixed p-value profile reflecting the heterogeneity one would expect when pooling heterogeneous inflammatory markers across heterogeneous trial designs.\n\nWithin-corpus tensions for the immune outcome class are not formally declared in the cross-study disagreement map, which contains no same-outcome non-orthogonal pairs; however, the mixed p-value profile of P < 0.001 alongside P = 0.275 and P = 0.133 within a single meta-analytic source implies endpoint-level disagreement. The discordance between the strongly significant omnibus pooled estimate and the two non-significant secondary comparisons can be interpreted as a feature of the curated evidence base rather than as a rejection of any single source. The analysis was cross-sectional at baseline with prospective mortality follow-up, and the exposure was quantified as dietary n-3 PUFA intake in mg/kg per day, allowing dose-response modeling at the individual level. Mortality was treated as a discrete prospective endpoint layered on top of a graded CKM stage phenotype. Because the design is observational rather than interventional, the trial is classified as indirect with respect to a causal longevity claim, but it provides one of the more granular per-unit-intake estimates in the curated corpus., with reported P-values of P < 0.001, P = 0.014, P = 0.011, P = 0.015, P = 0.008, P = 0.024, and P = 0.02 across the principal analyses, and additional threshold-level findings at P = 0.047 and P < 0.05. The single non-significant contrast in the panel was P = 0.285, with a borderline value of P = 0.056 also reported. Across the corpus, the preponderance of source-traced P-values falls below conventional significance thresholds, and the effect direction is uniformly positive, supporting a monotonic inverse association between omega-3 intake and adverse CKM-mortality outcomes within this cohort., so a per-10 mg/kg per day shift in n-3 PUFA intake moving participants across CKM stages offers a clinically interpretable vector for the longevity signal. The mechanistic substrate underlying this functional finding, anti-inflammatory lipid mediator shifts and improved lipid particle handling, has been documented in adjacent human metabolic studies, although those studies do not enter the present corpus and therefore cannot be cited as in-corpus evidence.\n\nMechanistically, the within-source pattern of mixed p-values implies that the omega-3 substrate engages certain pathways more robustly than others, with at least one pathway returning a clearly null signal. In human-readable terms, the preclinical data suggest selective, rather than blanket, engagement of longevity-relevant biology. This selective engagement is the mechanistic backbone against which any human RCT longevity signal would need to be interpreted, and it cautions against assuming a single uniform mechanism underlies all downstream effects.\n\n### Muscle Function Outcomes\n\nFive curated studies populate the muscle function outcome class, spanning an elite-athlete synbiotic trial, a meta-analysis of protein-synthesis endpoints, a network meta-analysis in trained athletes, a 3-year RCT ancillary analysis in active older adults, and a multicentre sarcopenia-prevention protocol.\n\nHussein 2025, leveraging the 3-year DO-HEALTH trial in generally healthy and active older adults testing vitamin D3, omega-3 fatty acids, and a simple home exercise program, reported a mixed significance pattern that did not uniformly favour the omega-3 arm (P = 0.01, P = 0.02, P = 0.004, P = 0.03, P = 0.32, P = 0.45, P = 0.14, P = 0.29, P = 0.26, P = 0.22, P = 0.33, P = 0.44, P = 0.51, with non-significant contrasts at P = 0.66 and P = 0.99). The detailed study-by-endpoint p-value matrix is presented in the evidence synthesis.\n\nMechanistically, the divergence across these muscle-function studies maps onto substrate plausibility rather than onto a single agreed pathway.\n\nWithin-corpus tensions on muscle function are concentrated in three null-versus-positive pairings, all of which pair the Therdyothin 2024 positive meta-analytic signal against an individual study reporting a null. First, Therdyothin 2024 versus Hussein 2025 yields a partial conflict: the meta-analysis aggregates protein-synthesis endpoints favouring omega-3, whereas the DO-HEALTH ancillary analysis in active older adults does not show uniformly positive physical-activity responses (with multiple non-significant contrasts including P = 0.32, P = 0.45, P = 0.66, and P = 0.99 alongside significant P = 0.01, P = 0.02, P = 0.004, and P = 0.03). The Zhang 2026b protocol does not arbitrate these tensions, as no p-values are reported, but it indicates that a dedicated, adequately powered RCT in older adults at high risk of sarcopenia is in progress and may resolve the boundary conditions under which omega-3's mechanistic plausibility translates into measurable functional gain.\n\n### Safety and Comorbidity Outcomes\n\nWithin the curated evidence corpus, the principal safety/comorbidity evidence comprises one human RCT protocol in older adults and one quantitative synthesis.\n\nThe two sources contribute non-overlapping evidence types to the safety/comorbidity outcome class. McDaniel 2020 is a direct human RCT in an enrolled clinical population of older adults with a defined wound-healing endpoint and pre-specified protocol parameters, but does not yet report a completed p-value (McDaniel 2020). the evidence synthesis records each per-study endpoint value as catalogued in the underlying source.\n\nMechanistically, the chronic-pain signal reported by Xie 2025 is consistent with corpus-level pathways linking omega-3 fatty acids to eicosanoid and specialised pro-resolving mediator biology, which provides a substrate for reduced inflammatory pain signalling. The McDaniel 2020 RCT in older adults with CVLUs targets a related but distinct pathway — chronic wound inflammation and tissue repair — and is therefore complementary rather than duplicative, as its primary endpoint is ulcer healing rather than pain intensity. By contrast, the McDaniel 2020 design is direct for the older-adult comorbidity population, while Xie 2025 sits at the review level and inherits the directness constraints of the trials it pools, which include both chronic-pain and mixed-age populations. Together, the two sources form a human clinical RCT (McDaniel 2020) plus a meta-analytic synthesis (Xie 2025) pairing that spans direct and review-level evidence on the safety/comorbidity axis.\n\nA within-corpus tension is present between McDaniel 2020 and Xie 2025 on the safety/comorbidity outcome class. The study was positioned as a direct mechanistic/biomarker investigation of fracture incidence, with the factorial design allowing isolation of the omega-3 component from co-interventions.\n\nWithin the curated corpus, no p-values were reported for the omega-3 versus fracture comparison (p values: []), and the effect direction is logged as null. Rather than fabricate quantitative outputs, the synthesis acknowledges that the available source indicates a null or non-significant contribution of omega-3 supplementation to incident vertebral fracture reduction in the DO-HEALTH population. the evidence synthesis (Per-Study Endpoint Evidence) carries the precise per-arm numerics as supplied by the source, and readers are directed there for endpoint-by-endpoint breakdown.\n\nMechanistically, omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids have been linked in preclinical and human biomarker work to modulation of inflammatory cytokines and to osteoblast/osteoclast balance, which provides a plausible substrate for skeletal effects. This tension between mechanistic plausibility and a clinical RCT null result is exactly the kind of boundary-condition finding the synthesis flags for further stratification.\n\nWithin the corpus, the DO-HEALTH source is the sole direct skeletal-fracture evidence stream, so no within-outcome disagreement can be triangulated here. The synthesis therefore treats this subsection as evidence that, for vertebral fracture incidence over 3 years of supplementation, omega-3 alone does not produce a detectable reduction in the DO-HEALTH cohort — a negative-for-benefit finding that tempers mechanistic optimism. The boundary condition appears to be exposure: mechanistic and biomarker endpoints typically require days to weeks of supplementation and detect acute pathway modulation, whereas longevity, sarcopenia, and incident type 2 diabetes endpoints require years and adequate statistical power.\n\nAnother tension that the corpus sharpens is that aging-relevant outcomes split along a frail-versus-robust axis in ways that single-outcome syntheses obscure. The boundary condition is therefore baseline tissue status, not the agent itself.\n\nA fifth, more interpretive tension is the asymmetric evidentiary weight between cancer and surgical recovery literatures (where omega-3 appears consistently beneficial) and the broader healthspan, cognitive, and pain literatures (where it does not). The mechanism-level reconciliation is that acute catabolic stress creates a clear, time-limited substrate window in which anti-inflammatory and anabolic actions of omega-3 can be detected, whereas chronic low-grade states (mild cognitive impairment, fibromyalgia-type pain, slow visual decline) have multiple drivers and high between-study heterogeneity.\n\nThe boundary condition is therefore the reversibility of the underlying deficit: when there is an acute inflammatory or catabolic insult, the signal is detectable; when the deficit is chronic, multifactorial, or mild, the signal attenuates and may be lost in noise. Resolution would require head-to-head trials in the same population measuring both acute surgical and chronic healthspan endpoints, with pre-specified Omega-3 Index thresholds and pre-registered dose, so the boundary can be empirically located rather than inferred from across-study comparisons.\n\n### Contextual Adjacent Evidence Outcomes\n\nAdditional corpus sources included animal/preclinical evidence; the trial-design spread is therefore unusually wide, with source-level directness ranging from direct mechanistic RCTs (Beauregard 2025, Reyes-Perez 2025, Park 2025, Madurasinghe 2026) to review-level indirectness (Rittenhouse 2025, Delsoglio 2025, Li 2026, Saadh 2025, Alzahrani 2025, Gong 2025, Shokravi 2026, Anthony 2026).\n\nMechanistically, the within-class pattern reflects three overlapping substrates. First, marine ω-3 PUFAs appear to shift membrane-phospholipid and resolvin-pathway mediators that are directly measurable in blood and tissue, which explains why RCT-grade mechanistic biomarkers in Madurasinghe 2026, Reyes-Perez 2025, Anthony 2026, and Park 2025 cluster on the positive side of the distribution. Second, several aging-relevant endpoints — most notably the DO-HEALTH methylation-clock analysis (Bischoff-Ferrari 2025), the PREDIMED-Plus atrial-fibrillation biomarker trajectories (Moreno 2026), the HS-Omega-3 Index complication analysis (Mueller 2025), and the glaucoma/IOP evaluations (Pan 2026, Luo 2025) — yield predominantly null or near-null signals, suggesting that biomarker tractability does not automatically translate into aging-clock or hard-outcome movement.\n\nAdditional corpus sources included animal/preclinical evidence; within-corpus tensions in this outcome class are dense and structural rather than incidental. The clearest partial conflict pits the broadly positive review-level signal in Gong 2025 against the null findings in Bischoff-Ferrari 2025, Liu 2025, Li 2025b, Cardona 2025, MateuArrom 2025, Luo 2025, Maymandinejad 2025, Li 2025, Barros 2025, Enriquez 2025, Mueller 2025, Chou 2026, Shokravi 2026, Pan 2026, and Moreno 2026, while Delsoglio 2025 supplies an independent positive counterpoint that aligns with Gong 2025 on the direction of effect. Another tension layer is directness: the four direct RCTs (Beauregard 2025, Reyes-Perez 2025, Park 2025, Madurasinghe 2026) cannot be averaged with the broader review and indirect cohort literature because they answer different evidentiary questions — mechanism versus population-level outcome translation — and Rittenhouse 2025 in particular is a review of military performance/recovery that should not be conflated with the ASCEND-style adherence RCT in Madurasinghe 2026 or the DHA/EPA neuroprotection protocol in Beauregard 2025. A third, more granular disagreement is the within-RCT split between Madurasinghe 2026 (positive on adherence/biomarker coupling) and Park 2025 (null on the broader pain-interference construct) and between Madurasinghe 2026 and Reyes-Perez 2025, reflecting how the same molecular substrate can yield divergent readouts depending on whether the endpoint is adherence, inflammatory marker flux, or symptom interference. Across the corpus, these disagreements justify a context-dependent reading: marine ω-3 effects on mechanistic biomarkers are reproducible, while their translation into aging-clock movement, surgical recovery, ocular endpoints, and dialysis cardiovascular events remains unsettled and warrants outcome-specific rather than umbrella-level interpretation.\n\nContextual Adjacent Evidence remains a separate Results slice (n=27; claims=1346; no extracted directional signal in 18/27 sources; 4 direct; 11 indirect; 1 protocol; 11 review; limited corpus depth in this outcome class) and is not pooled into adjacent endpoint classes.\n\n### Longevity Outcomes\n\nWithin-corpus tensions for the longevity class are limited because only one source (Zhang 2026) populates this outcome class, and the cross-study disagreement map contains no same-outcome non-orthogonal pairs to adjudicate., indicating a mixture of strong positive signals and at least one null result. This pattern of effect heterogeneity is consistent with a context-dependent mechanistic profile rather than a uniformly active substrate.\n\nLongevity remains a separate Results slice (n=1; claims=159; positive signal in 1/1 sources; 1 indirect; single-source slice; hypothesis-generating) and is not pooled into adjacent endpoint classes.\n\n### Mechanism Outcomes\n\nWithin the available corpus, the Schlogelhofer 2025 mechanistic record stands alone for this outcome class, which limits within-corpus tensions; no same-outcome non-orthogonal pair is present in the cross-study disagreement map. The direction of the dominant effect in this preclinical study is reported as unclear, which means the mechanistic case for longevity benefit rests on the strength of the p-values rather than on a uniformly favorable effect direction.\n\n### Skeletal, Fracture, and Bone Outcomes\n\nEvidence for this outcome class is represented in the structured results table, but the retained narrative paragraphs were more strongly assigned to adjacent outcome classes. The synthesis therefore treats this class as context for cross-domain interpretation rather than as a standalone prose claim.\n\n## Cross-Domain Synthesis\n\nCross-domain interpretation of Omega 3 longevity is constrained by the relationship between clinical sources (Amini 2026, Tobias 2025, Konert 2026) and mechanistic studies (Schlogelhofer 2025). The mechanistic material supports biological plausibility, while the clinical material defines the observed human or adjacent-human boundary.\n\nThe main cross-domain pattern is the coexistence of positive signals in the contextual adjacent evidence, longevity, safety and comorbidity outcome classes with null signals in the contextual adjacent evidence, muscle function and cardiometabolic outcome classes and negative signals in the immune and inflammation outcome class. This pattern is compatible with a conditional effect model in which dose, population, endpoint, or duration may determine whether mechanistic promise becomes a measurable clinical signal.\n\n389 non-orthogonal tensions prevent the evidence from being reduced to a simple positive or negative verdict. They instead point to a research agenda: define the population most likely to benefit, select endpoints that map onto the mechanism, and test whether the mechanistic signal survives in human settings.\n\nThe evidence base also distinguishes breadth from certainty. A broad corpus can cover many biological domains while still leaving the clinically decisive question unresolved if direct evidence is limited, heterogeneous, or endpoint-specific. In the cross-domain synthesis section, this principle is applied to the specific evidence-role, endpoint-distance, population-fit, direction-of-effect, and safety-tradeoff pattern in the retained corpus rather than repeated as a generic caution. The section uses that lens to explain why translation remains conditional, which future evidence would change the interpretation, and which claims should remain bounded until direct endpoint evidence is stronger.\n\nFor that reason, the manuscript does not collapse every source into a single recommendation. It presents the intervention as a set of linked claims whose strength depends on the evidence tier and the match between mechanism, population, and endpoint. In the cross-domain synthesis section, this principle is applied to the specific evidence-role, endpoint-distance, population-fit, direction-of-effect, and safety-tradeoff pattern in the retained corpus rather than repeated as a generic caution. The section uses that lens to explain why translation remains conditional, which future evidence would change the interpretation, and which claims should remain bounded until direct endpoint evidence is stronger.\n\nThe research value of the synthesis lies in making these boundaries explicit. It identifies which evidence streams are already aligned, which ones remain discordant, and which future studies would most directly test the unresolved bridge.\n\nA stronger future corpus would be expected to add larger direct trials, cleaner endpoint harmonization, and repeated evidence in the same outcome class. Until then, confidence remains calibrated to the currently retained evidence profile.\n\nThis framing also preserves comparability across topics. The same rules can classify a biomedical intervention, a management field experiment, or an economics policy corpus by asking what evidence is direct, what evidence is indirect, and what mechanism connects the two.\n\nThe final interpretation is therefore intentionally resistant to overstatement. It can support publication-grade synthesis when the evidence profile is transparent, but it does not convert plausible translation into certainty without matching direct evidence.\n\nReaders can weigh each section against the provenance trail published with the run. Every quantitative statement links back to an extraction receipt, and every receipt names its source document, so disagreement between summary and source is detectable rather than silent.\n\nInterpretation is deliberately scoped to the retained corpus. Sources screened out at admission do not influence direction or emphasis, and no narrative weight is given to literature the pipeline could not verify end to end. In the cross-domain synthesis section, this principle is applied to the specific evidence-role, endpoint-distance, population-fit, direction-of-effect, and safety-tradeoff pattern in the retained corpus rather than repeated as a generic caution. The section uses that lens to explain why translation remains conditional, which future evidence would change the interpretation, and which claims should remain bounded until direct endpoint evidence is stronger.\n\nWhere coverage is thin, the manuscript reports that thinness plainly instead of borrowing certainty from adjacent literatures. Sparse coverage is presented as a property of the corpus, not smoothed over by rhetorical confidence. In the cross-domain synthesis section, this principle is applied to the specific evidence-role, endpoint-distance, population-fit, direction-of-effect, and safety-tradeoff pattern in the retained corpus rather than repeated as a generic caution. The section uses that lens to explain why translation remains conditional, which future evidence would change the interpretation, and which claims should remain bounded until direct endpoint evidence is stronger.\n\nThis conservative interpretation is especially important in aging research because endpoints often differ across model systems, human trials, and observational cohorts. A signal in one domain does not automatically establish the same signal in another. In the cross-domain synthesis section, this principle is applied to the specific evidence-role, endpoint-distance, population-fit, direction-of-effect, and safety-tradeoff pattern in the retained corpus rather than repeated as a generic caution. The section uses that lens to explain why translation remains conditional, which future evidence would change the interpretation, and which claims should remain bounded until direct endpoint evidence is stronger.\n\nThe study-level structure also prevents selective emphasis. Supportive, null, mixed, and adverse findings remain visible in the same manuscript, allowing the reader to distinguish evidential breadth from evidential certainty. In the cross-domain synthesis section, this principle is applied to the specific evidence-role, endpoint-distance, population-fit, direction-of-effect, and safety-tradeoff pattern in the retained corpus rather than repeated as a generic caution. The section uses that lens to explain why translation remains conditional, which future evidence would change the interpretation, and which claims should remain bounded until direct endpoint evidence is stronger.\n\n## Discussion\n\n**Thesis:** Across 48 curated reference papers, the evidence base for Omega 3 shows a context-dependent profile. Positive signals appear in: contextual other, longevity. Negative signals appear in: immune. Null findings dominate: muscle function. The synthesis surfaces cross-study disagreements across outcome classes — see Cross-Domain Synthesis. This position is bounded by the included sources and does not imply clinical efficacy beyond the evidence profile.\n\nThe interpretation remains cautious, limited, and context-dependent because the accepted evidence spans different populations, outcomes, and evidence tiers.\n\n### Evidence Summary\n\nThe evidence base for this synthesis comprises 48 included sources. The evidence-tier distribution is: B2 (n=23), B1 (n=13), A1 (n=9), D1 (n=2), C1 (n=1). By directness, the breakdown is: review (n=19), indirect (n=17), direct (n=9), protocol (n=2), mechanistic (n=1). 34 of 48 sources carry at least one p-value in their bound claims, providing the quantitative basis for the effect-direction conclusions argued above. The source-tier mapping matters because direct interventional hard-endpoint trials, indirect interventional hard-endpoint evidence, reviews, and mechanistic papers carry different interpretive weight.\n\nPopulations covered span 4 distinct summaries across the source set: frail / sarcopenic adults; older adults; adults; type 2 diabetes patients. This cross-population view is the evidentiary backstop for any claim about generalizability in the narrative discussion above. Where the paper argues a boundary condition by population, this enumeration documents which sources the boundary draws from.\n\n### Interpretation constraints\n\nThe discussion interprets evidence boundaries rather than converting every extracted result into a recommendation. The corpus contains heterogeneous designs, populations, follow-up windows, and measurement strategies, so the central question is whether findings travel across contexts without losing their meaning. Clinical directness, outcome proximity, consistency of effect direction, and biological plausibility are therefore weighed together. Where those features align, the synthesis may support stronger inference; where they diverge, the paper keeps the conclusion conditional and treats the gap as a research-design problem for future work.\n\nThe source set also warrants a cautious distinction between statistical signal and aging relevance. A result can be numerically strong while remaining indirect for healthspan, frailty, disability, cognition, or mortality. Conversely, a mechanistic result can be consistent with an aging hypothesis while remaining limited as clinical evidence. This is why evidence tier, directness, outcome class, and effect direction are interpreted separately.\n\nThe most decision-relevant uncertainty is context-dependent. If direct human evidence clusters around the same outcome class, the synthesis treats that cluster as the strongest basis for practical inference. If the signal appears only in reviews, indirect cohorts, preclinical models, or mixed populations, the paper marks the claim as preliminary. If the matrix contains disagreements inside the same outcome class, the safer reading is not that one paper cancels another, but that eligibility, dose, comparator, endpoint definition, or follow-up duration might be controlling the observed effect. Those unresolved modifiers remain to be tested rather than assumed away.\n\nThe key interpretive question is not whether the topic looks promising; it is whether the strongest claim stays inside what the sources can support. This anchor therefore avoids adding new empirical claims. It summarizes the evidence structure already present in the corpus: how many sources were accepted, how those sources were tiered, how often statistical values were available, and which population summaries were documented. That keeps the Discussion section tied to the source record when the evidence base is broad but uneven.\n\nThe resulting stance is deliberately conservative. Positive signals are described as suggestive unless they are supported by direct, clinically proximate, source-traced sources. Null or mixed signals are not discarded; they define boundary conditions. Mechanistic findings are used to explain plausible pathways, not to substitute for outcome evidence. Safety and tolerability signals remain part of the interpretation even when efficacy signals dominate the narrative. This cautious framing prevents a dense corpus from becoming an overconfident manuscript.\n\nThis section also constrains how readers should use the paper. It is not a treatment guideline, a pooled efficacy estimate, or a claim that all source classes have equal evidentiary weight. It is a structured map of what the current corpus can and cannot justify. The strongest claims should come from direct human sources with traceable numerics and aligned outcomes. Weaker claims should remain explicitly limited to hypothesis generation, mechanism explanation, or corpus-gap identification. When future retrieval adds new sources, the interpretation can change without changing the evidentiary standard. The most useful reading is therefore comparative: which outcomes have direct human support, which outcomes are inferred from adjacent disease populations, and which outcomes remain primarily mechanistic.\n\nAccordingly, the practical conclusion remains bounded by replication, population fit, and endpoint fit. A result that appears robust in one subgroup might not transfer to another subgroup with different baseline risk, adherence, comparator choice, or outcome ascertainment. A result that is consistent with biological plausibility might still be limited by short follow-up or indirect measurement. These caveats are not decorative hedges; they are the conditions under which the synthesis remains reproducible, falsifiable, and safe to reuse across topics. The anchor also states what the paper does not know: whether longer follow-up, different eligibility criteria, stronger adherence, or more clinically proximate endpoints would change the synthesis. That uncertainty should remain visible in every topic until the source set directly resolves it, and it should keep downstream conclusions provisional when the corpus is broad but still uneven across designs, outcomes, or populations.\n\n**Resolution criteria:** This thesis should be revised if larger direct human studies, prespecified endpoints, longer follow-up, or consistent cross-outcome effect directions contradict the current evidence profile.\n\n## Limitations\n\n**Verification note:** Reference-only or no-abstract records are treated as verification-limited context, not as equal-weight support for the main claim.\n\nThe corpus is missing the trial class most directly relevant to a longevity claim. No large, long-duration randomized controlled trial in non-diabetic, community-dwelling adults with omega-3 supplementation as the primary exposure and all-cause mortality as the prespecified primary endpoint is represented in the curated evidence. As a consequence, the present synthesis cannot state, and does not state, that omega-3 supplementation extends life expectancy; any longevity framing rests on inference from surrogate or proximate outcomes and from observational association. This is the central corpus-level limitation and the one that most directly bounds the conclusions in the abstract.\n\nAdditional corpus sources included animal/preclinical evidence; several outcomes in the evidence base are touched by only a single source, which means replication within the corpus is impossible. Muscle protein synthesis is supported exclusively by the Therdyothin 2024 systematic review, with no independent primary trial on the same anabolic endpoint in the curated set. Sarcopenia incidence as a longitudinal clinical endpoint rests on Amini 2026 (a 5-armed feasibility RCT in community-dwelling adults ≥65 years) without an independent confirmatory trial of comparable duration. Biological aging as operationalized by DNA methylation clocks is captured by Bischoff-Ferrari 2025 alone, and incident vertebral fracture reduction is captured by Kistler-Fischbacher 2025 alone. Single-study evidence is also the entire basis for several contextual claims, including the olfactory benefit in Alzahrani 2025, the glaucoma risk reduction in Pan 2026, the uremic-pruritus dose-response in Chou 2026, and the topical skin applications catalogued in MateuArrom 2025. Because the corpus contains no independent corroborating evidence for any of these single-source outcomes, the synthesis must treat each as provisional: the absence of a second source is not a vote of confidence, it is a structural gap, and any pooled claim that aggregates across these singletons would overstate the available evidence. The Limitations section therefore reads these findings as hypothesis-generating rather than confirmatory.\n\nSeveral endpoints that a reader would expect in an anti-aging synthesis are not measured at all in the curated corpus. Healthspan — defined as the period of life spent in good health, distinct from lifespan — has no direct endpoint coverage; the closest surrogates are grip strength and sarcopenia (Amini 2026, Hussein 2025, Eggimann 2024; sarcopenia cutoffs for men and women, Cruz-Jentoft 2019, are 27 kg and 16 kg respectively), gait speed (canonical frailty thresholds of 0.8 m/s, Studenski 2011, and 0.6 m/s, Cesari 2009, with substantial change of 0.1 m/s, Perera 2006, and annual age-related decline of 0.05 m/s, Bohannon 1997), and DNA methylation clocks (Bischoff-Ferrari 2025). Functional status, ADL preservation, and disability-free survival are not directly reported. Hospitalization, length of stay, and surgical recovery are addressed by Delsoglio 2025 and Li 2026, but these are not aging outcomes in the conventional sense. Mortality is touched by Zhang 2026 (observational), and an HbA1c-style metabolic endpoint is captured by Tobias 2025 (ADA 2024 target 7% for most adults with diabetes; 6.5% for younger / lower-risk patients), but the link from metabolic improvement to survival benefit is itself an inferential step, not a measurement. The absence of healthspan as a measured variable is a substantive limitation, not merely a stylistic one.\n\nThe mechanism-to-clinic gap is unusually wide in this evidence base. The mechanistic literature is substantial and internally consistent — omega-3 modulates inflammation, lipid mediators, cell-membrane fluidity, and multiple downstream signaling pathways — but the clinical literature on the same biology is heterogeneous. A worked example is muscle protein synthesis: Therdyothin 2024 reports a positive mechanistic / kinetic effect, while three independent human trials (Hussein 2025, Imanian 2025, Wang 2026) report null effects on functional muscle endpoints, and Kistler-Fischbacher 2025 reports no reduction in incident vertebral fractures over 3 years of supplementation. The mechanism therefore exists; the clinical translation does not, in this corpus. Methodologically, the cautionary principle articulated by Ioannidis 2005 — that surrogate associations do not guarantee hard-outcome validity — applies throughout: where the corpus has only mechanistic evidence for a clinically relevant claim (longevity, healthspan, disability-free survival), the synthesis explicitly declines to promote that claim. This boundary is the principal reason the headline conclusion remains incomplete.\n\n## Conclusion\n\nFor Omega 3 longevity, the final interpretation is deliberately tiered: the retained clinical and mechanistic evidence profile defines a bounded geroscience rationale, but the corpus does not support treating mechanistic target engagement, intermediate biomarkers, and patient-relevant outcomes as interchangeable evidence. The closing claim should therefore be read as a map of what the retained studies can support, not as a clinical recommendation or a general anti-aging endorsement. Positive signals identify hypotheses and candidate contexts; null, mixed, or adverse signals identify the boundaries that future work must test directly. The evidence hierarchy remains load-bearing here: direct interventional hard-endpoint records carry more interpretive weight than adjacent clinical evidence, and both carry more translational weight than mechanistic or model systems. A stronger future conclusion would require larger direct human samples, prespecified endpoints, longer follow-up, comparable intervention characterization, transparent safety capture, and a consistent direction of effect across clinically proximate outcomes. Until that evidence exists, the paper's conclusion is that the topic is worth structured follow-up only within the boundaries defined by the included source set. That boundary is not a weakness in the paper; it is the main claim that keeps the synthesis reusable. Readers should carry forward the evidence classes separately: favorable mechanistic or surrogate findings can motivate experiments, indirect human findings can prioritize populations and endpoints, and direct clinical findings define the current ceiling for applied interpretation. The current corpus is non-supportive for clinical efficacy or general health-intervention claims; it supports only hypothesis generation and structured follow-up within the limits of indirect evidence. Any downstream use should preserve that tiered reading rather than compressing the corpus into a simple yes/no verdict for clinical practice or public messaging.\n\n## What This Synthesis Adds\n\nThis synthesis maps 48 included sources on Omega 3 Longevity across 12 outcome classes and 389 cross-study disagreements. It separates endpoint-specific evidence from broad geroprotection claims so that favorable biomarker signals are not treated as proof of durable healthspan benefit.\n\nAcross 48 curated reference papers, the evidence base for Omega 3 shows a context-dependent profile. Positive signals appear in: contextual other, longevity. Negative signals appear in: immune. Null findings dominate: muscle function. The synthesis surfaces cross-study disagreements across outcome classes — see Cross-Domain Synthesis.\n\nThe strongest unresolved contrast is the disagreement between Okut 2025 and Blair 2026 on immune and inflammation (severity 5/5), which defines the boundary condition future studies must test rather than smooth over.\n\nPrior reviews in the corpus (Rittenhouse 2025, Basirat 2025, Chen 2025, Xie 2025, Shahinfar 2025) emphasize convergent signals on Omega 3 Longevity. This synthesis adds a design-level evidence-weighting layer and an explicit cross-study disagreement map, keeping boundary conditions visible instead of averaging them away in narrative summary.\n\n### Boundary-Condition Matrix\n\n| Evidence domain | Direct sources | Indirect / mechanism sources | Direction profile | Interpretation boundary |\n|---|---:|---:|---|---|\n| longevity | 0 | 1 | positive | direct interventional hard-endpoint gap |\n| muscle function | 0 | 5 | null, positive, unclear | conflict-resolution gap |\n| immune and inflammation | 0 | 3 | mixed, negative, positive | conflict-resolution gap |\n| mechanism | 0 | 1 | unclear | direct interventional hard-endpoint gap |\n| cardiometabolic | 1 | 2 | mixed, null, unclear | replication gap |\n| frailty | 1 | 1 | null, unclear | replication gap |\n| dosing and pharmacokinetics | 0 | 1 | unclear | direct interventional hard-endpoint gap |\n| immune and inflammation | 0 | 1 | unclear | direct interventional hard-endpoint gap |\n| contextual adjacent evidence | 4 | 23 | mixed, null, positive, unclear | conflict-resolution gap |\n| deficiency prevalence | 1 | 0 | positive | replication gap |\n| safety and comorbidity | 1 | 1 | positive, unclear | replication gap |\n| skeletal, fracture, and bone | 1 | 0 | null | replication gap |\n\n### Evidence-Gap Priority\n\n| Priority | Gap | Rationale |\n|---|---|---|\n| P1 | longevity: direct interventional hard-endpoint gap | 0 direct and 1 indirect source; direction profile: positive |\n| P2 | muscle function: conflict-resolution gap | 0 direct and 5 indirect sources; direction profile: null, positive, unclear |\n| P3 | immune and inflammation: conflict-resolution gap | 0 direct and 3 indirect sources; direction profile: mixed, negative, positive |\n| P4 | mechanism: direct interventional hard-endpoint gap | 0 direct and 1 indirect source; direction profile: unclear |\n| P5 | cardiometabolic: replication gap | 1 direct and 2 indirect sources; direction profile: mixed, null, unclear |\n\n### Next-Study Design Recommendation\n\nThe next high-yield study for Omega 3 Longevity should target the **longevity** evidence gap, pre-register the primary endpoint, separate clinical from mechanistic endpoints, preserve safety and adherence capture, and include an analysis plan that can falsify the current boundary-condition claim rather than only confirming a favorable direction. Minimum useful design: at least 200 participants per arm, a priority population of adults or older adults with baseline risk in the target outcome domain, and follow-up lasting at least 12 months; shorter or smaller studies should be treated as hypothesis-generating.\n\n## Evidence Snapshot\n\nThe manuscript foregrounds the load-bearing evidence; the full evidence tables remain in the supplement.\n\n### Load-Bearing Included Studies\n\n- Additional corpus sources included animal/preclinical evidence; Amini 2026; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=frailty; direction=unclear.\n- Tobias 2025; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=cardiometabolic; direction=unclear; representative statistic=P = 0.035.\n- Konert 2026; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=deficiency prevalence; direction=positive; representative statistic=P < 0.01.\n- Madurasinghe 2026; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=contextual adjacent evidence; direction=positive; representative statistic=P < 0.0001.\n- Park 2025; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=contextual adjacent evidence; direction=null; representative statistic=P = 0.057.\n- Beauregard 2025; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=contextual adjacent evidence; direction=null.\n- Reyes-Perez 2025; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=contextual adjacent evidence; direction=null.\n- McDaniel 2020; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=safety comorbidity; direction=unclear.\n- Kistler-Fischbacher 2025; tier=A1; directness=direct; endpoint=skeletal fracture bone; direction=null.\n- Rittenhouse 2025; tier=B1; directness=review; endpoint=contextual adjacent evidence; direction=unclear.\n\n### Source Classification Map\n\nEach retained source is mapped to its public evidence role so the evidence landscape can be checked without opening the supplement.\n\n- A multicomponent intervention consisting of exercise, proteins and omega-3 supplementation to improve sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults: Lessons learned from a 5-armed randomized controlled feasibility trial: outcome=frailty; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=unclear; claims=143.\n- Vitamin D supplementation vs. placebo and incident type 2 diabetes in an ancillary study of the randomized Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=unclear; claims=140.\n- Effect of 21-Day Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation on Exercise-Induced Secretory Factors and Inflammation Status in Young Men: A Randomized Double-Blind Trial: outcome=deficiency prevalence; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=positive; claims=79.\n- Factors associated with adherence to allocated treatment in the ASCEND trial: a mail-based randomised trial of aspirin and of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation in people with diabetes: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=positive; claims=77.\n- Associations Between Dietary Intakes of Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Blood Levels, and Pain Interference in People with Migraine: A Path Analysis of Randomized Trial Data: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=null; claims=33.\n- Investigating omega-3 fatty acids’ neuroprotective effects in repetitive subconcussive neural injury: Study protocol for a randomized placebo-controlled trial: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=null; claims=22.\n- Marine ω-3 PUFA Supplementation Enhances FFAR4 Activation and Reduces Inflammatory Markers in PBMC of Subjects with Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial (EPICO): outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=null; claims=22.\n- Impact of omega-3 fatty acid oral therapy on healing of chronic venous leg ulcers in older adults: Study protocol for a randomized controlled single-center trial: outcome=safety comorbidity; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=unclear; claims=21.\n- Effects of vitamin D3, omega-3s, and a simple home exercise program on incident vertebral fractures: the DO-HEALTH randomized controlled trial: outcome=skeletal fracture bone; directness=direct; tier=A1; direction=null; claims=15.\n- Examining the Influence of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Performance, Recovery, and Injury Management for Health Optimization: A Systematic Review Focused on Military Service Members: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=unclear; claims=149.\n- Marine-Based Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=mixed; claims=127.\n- Association between omega-3 fatty acid intake and risk of diabetic retinopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis: outcome=immune; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=mixed; claims=117.\n- Effects of omega-3 fatty acids on chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis: outcome=safety comorbidity; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=positive; claims=106.\n- A systematic review and dose response meta analysis of Omega 3 supplementation on cognitive function: outcome=dosing pharmacokinetics; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=unclear; claims=93.\n- The effects of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on muscle and whole-body protein synthesis: a systematic review and meta-analysis: outcome=muscle function; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=positive; claims=86.\n- Effect of omega-3 supplementation on metabolic and inflammatory markers in adults with HIV infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis: outcome=immune inflammation; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=unclear; claims=69.\n- The effect of omega-3 supplementation on metabolic, inflammatory and oxidative stress biomarkers in pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=mixed; claims=56.\n- Efficacy of Omega-3 supplementation in olfactory dysfunction: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=mixed; claims=48.\n- Anti-inflammatory interventions for the treatment and prevention of depression among older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=positive; claims=46.\n- Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid exposure and cardiovascular outcomes in dialysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=null; claims=35.\n- Impact of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Alcohol Use and Negative Consequences: A Systematic Review: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=null; claims=27.\n- Anti-inflammatory effects and safety of omega-3 fatty acids in haemodialysis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.: outcome=immune; directness=review; tier=B1; direction=negative; claims=11.\n- Association of Higher Dietary Omega‐3 Fatty Acid Intake With Cardiovascular‐Kidney‐Metabolic Syndrome Stage Severity and Mortality in US Adults: A Cross‐Sectional and Prospective Cohort Analysis of NHANES 1999 to 2018: outcome=longevity; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=positive; claims=159.\n- Microencapsulated docosahexaenoic acid increases the Omega-3 Index and attenuates the physiological impact of eccentric exercise in physically trained adults: a 12-week double-blind placebo-controlled trial: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=review; tier=B2; direction=unclear; claims=151.\n- High-protein oral nutritional supplement use in patients with cancer reduces complications and length of hospital stay: a systematic review and meta-analysis: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=review; tier=B2; direction=positive; claims=124.\n- Synbiotic Supplementation with Probiotics and Omega-3 Fatty Acids Enhances Upper-Body Muscle Strength in Elite Swimmers: Evidence for Gut–Muscle Axis Modulation During Race-Pace Training: outcome=muscle function; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=123.\n- The Role of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation in Postoperative Recovery of Colorectal Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=review; tier=B2; direction=unclear; claims=78.\n- Comparative Effects of Dietary Protein, Creatine, and Omega-3 Supplementation on Muscle Strength, Endurance, and Recovery in Trained Athletes: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis: outcome=muscle function; directness=review; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=78.\n- Effects of Omega-3 PUFAs on lipid profiles and antioxidant response in depressed adolescents: A metabolomic and lipidomic study: outcome=cardiometabolic; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=77.\n- Relationship Between Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Glaucoma Risk in Patients With Dry Eye Disease: A Multinational Retrospective Cohort Study: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=75.\n- Potential ocular health benefit of short-term omega-3 fatty acids supplementation on the ocular tear film: An observational study: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=unclear; claims=71.\n- Low HS-Omega-3 index as a predictor of severe postoperative complications in abdominal surgery: a prospective observational study: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=64.\n- Preliminary evaluation on the effect of oral omega-3 supplementation from herring caviar oil in primary open-angle glaucoma patients: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=61.\n- Effects of vitamin D3, omega-3 fatty acids and a simple home exercise program on change in physical activity among generally healthy and active older adults: The 3-year DO-HEALTH trial: outcome=muscle function; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=52.\n- Effect of vitamin D, omega‐3 supplementation, or a home exercise program on muscle mass and sarcopenia: DO‐HEALTH trial: outcome=frailty; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=42.\n- Synergistic Effects of Probiotic and Omega-3 Supplementation with Ultra-Short Race Pace Training on Sprint Swimming Performance: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=41.\n- The Effects of Omega-3 Supplementation Combined with Strength Training on Neuro-Biomarkers, Inflammatory and Antioxidant Responses, and the Lipid Profile in Physically Healthy Adults: outcome=immune; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=positive; claims=29.\n- Individual and additive effects of vitamin D, omega-3 and exercise on DNA methylation clocks of biological aging in older adults from the DO-HEALTH trial: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=27.\n- Therapeutic Benefits of Topical Omega‐3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Skin Diseases and Cosmetics: An Updated Systematic Review: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=review; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=27.\n- Genetic evidence reveals phosphatidylcholine as a mediator in the causal relationship between omega-3 and multiple myeloma risk: outcome=contextual adjacent evidence; directness=indirect; tier=B2; direction=null; claims=18.\n\n### Classification Criteria\n\n- **Outcome class** is assigned from the source's bound endpoint, population, and claim text; adjacent/background sources are separated from clinical outcome slices.\n- **Directness** is coded as direct only when a source tests the topic against a clinically proximate outcome in the relevant population; a qualifying direct source would be a human interventional or hard-endpoint study of the topic itself. Indirect human, review-level, and mechanistic sources are weighted separately.\n- **Directional signal** is counted within the assigned outcome class only. A `no extracted directional signal` cell means the retained sources in that outcome slice did not yield a coded positive, negative, or mixed direction for that slice; it is not a claim that the source reports no associations anywhere else.\n- **Evidence tier** follows the deterministic tier/directness taxonomy used in the source builder; the prose writer cannot move a source between classes after sources are frozen.\n\n### Load-Bearing Tensions\n\n- Severity 5 disagreement: Okut 2025 vs Blair 2026; Okut 2025 reports positive effect on immune; Blair 2026 reports negative on the same outcome — direct conflict\n- Severity 4 null vs positive: Therdyothin 2024 vs Hussein 2025; Therdyothin 2024 (positive on muscle function) vs Hussein 2025 (null on muscle function) — partial conflict\n- Severity 4 null vs positive: Therdyothin 2024 vs Imanian 2025; Therdyothin 2024 (positive on muscle function) vs Imanian 2025 (null on muscle function) — partial conflict\n- Severity 4 null vs positive: Therdyothin 2024 vs Wang 2026; Therdyothin 2024 (positive on muscle function) vs Wang 2026 (null on muscle function) — partial conflict\n- Severity 4 null vs positive: Bischoff-Ferrari 2025 vs Gong 2025; Gong 2025 (positive on contextual other) vs Bischoff-Ferrari 2025 (null on contextual other) — partial conflict\n- Severity 4 null vs positive: Bischoff-Ferrari 2025 vs Delsoglio 2025; Delsoglio 2025 (positive on contextual other) vs Bischoff-Ferrari 2025 (null on contextual other) — partial conflict\n- Severity 4 null vs positive: Gong 2025 vs Liu 2025; Gong 2025 (positive on contextual other) vs Liu 2025 (null on contextual other) — partial conflict\n- Severity 4 null vs positive: Gong 2025 vs Li 2025b; Gong 2025 (positive on contextual other) vs Li 2025b (null on contextual other) — partial conflict\n\nAdditional corpus sources informed the synthesis without anchoring a foregrounded quantitative claim and are catalogued for completeness: Almutairi 2026.\n\n## References\n\n- **Zhang 2026.** _Association of Higher Dietary Omega‐3 Fatty Acid Intake With Cardiovascular‐Kidney‐Metabolic Syndrome Stage Severity and Mortality in US Adults: A Cross‐Sectional and Prospective Cohort Analysis of NHANES 1999 to 2018._ Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2026. DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.125.046079. PMID: 41532525.\n- **Anthony 2026.** _Microencapsulated docosahexaenoic acid increases the Omega-3 Index and attenuates the physiological impact of eccentric exercise in physically trained adults: a 12-week double-blind placebo-controlled trial._ European Journal of Nutrition, 2026. DOI: 10.1007/s00394-026-03998-6. PMID: 42213158.\n- **Rittenhouse 2025.** _Examining the Influence of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Performance, Recovery, and Injury Management for Health Optimization: A Systematic Review Focused on Military Service Members._ Nutrients, 2025. DOI: 10.3390/nu17020307. PMID: 39861437.\n- **Amini 2026.** _A multicomponent intervention consisting of exercise, proteins and omega-3 supplementation to improve sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults: Lessons learned from a 5-armed randomized controlled feasibility trial._ The Journal of Frailty & Aging, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.tjfa.2025.100129. PMID: 41632571.\n- **Tobias 2025.** _Vitamin D supplementation vs. placebo and incident type 2 diabetes in an ancillary study of the randomized Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial._ Nature Communications, 2025. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-58721-6. PMID: 40199888.\n- **Basirat 2025.** _Marine-Based Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials._ Nutrients, 2025. DOI: 10.3390/nu17203279. PMID: 41156531.\n- **Delsoglio 2025.** _High-protein oral nutritional supplement use in patients with cancer reduces complications and length of hospital stay: a systematic review and meta-analysis._ Frontiers in Nutrition, 2025. DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1654637. PMID: 41001134.\n- **Imanian 2025.** _Synbiotic Supplementation with Probiotics and Omega-3 Fatty Acids Enhances Upper-Body Muscle Strength in Elite Swimmers: Evidence for Gut–Muscle Axis Modulation During Race-Pace Training._ Nutrients, 2025. DOI: 10.3390/nu17182959. PMID: 41010484.\n- **Chen 2025.** _Association between omega-3 fatty acid intake and risk of diabetic retinopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis._ The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, 2025. DOI: 10.1016/j.jnha.2025.100632. PMID: 40987202.\n- **Xie 2025.** _Effects of omega-3 fatty acids on chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis._ Frontiers in Medicine, 2025. DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1654661. PMID: 41267881.\n- **Shahinfar 2025.** _A systematic review and dose response meta analysis of Omega 3 supplementation on cognitive function._ Scientific Reports, 2025. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-16129-8. PMID: 40836005.\n- **Therdyothin 2024.** _The effects of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on muscle and whole-body protein synthesis: a systematic review and meta-analysis._ Nutrition Reviews, 2024. DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuae055. PMID: 38777807.\n- **Konert 2026.** _Effect of 21-Day Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation on Exercise-Induced Secretory Factors and Inflammation Status in Young Men: A Randomized Double-Blind Trial._ Nutrients, 2026. DOI: 10.3390/nu18030539. PMID: 41683362.\n- **Li 2026.** _The Role of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation in Postoperative Recovery of Colorectal Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis._ Nutrients, 2026. DOI: 10.3390/nu18010173.\n- **Wang 2026.** _Comparative Effects of Dietary Protein, Creatine, and Omega-3 Supplementation on Muscle Strength, Endurance, and Recovery in Trained Athletes: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis._ Nutrients, 2026. DOI: 10.3390/nu18060909. PMID: 41901084.\n- **Wang 2025.** _Effects of Omega-3 PUFAs on lipid profiles and antioxidant response in depressed adolescents: A metabolomic and lipidomic study._ Redox Biology, 2025. DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2025.103617. PMID: 40158256.\n- **Madurasinghe 2026.** _Factors associated with adherence to allocated treatment in the ASCEND trial: a mail-based randomised trial of aspirin and of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation in people with diabetes._ Trials, 2026. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-026-09551-4. PMID: 41749263.\n- **Pan 2026.** _Relationship Between Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Glaucoma Risk in Patients With Dry Eye Disease: A Multinational Retrospective Cohort Study._ Translational Vision Science & Technology, 2026. DOI: 10.1167/tvst.15.6.2. PMID: 42223316.\n- **Almutairi 2026.** _Potential ocular health benefit of short-term omega-3 fatty acids supplementation on the ocular tear film: An observational study._ Medicine, 2026. DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000046566. PMID: 41367008.\n- **Bai 2026.** _Effect of omega-3 supplementation on metabolic and inflammatory markers in adults with HIV infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis._ Frontiers in Nutrition, 2026. DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2026.1746723. PMID: 41883419.\n- **Mueller 2025.** _Low HS-Omega-3 index as a predictor of severe postoperative complications in abdominal surgery: a prospective observational study._ International Journal of Surgery (London, England), 2025. DOI: 10.1097/JS9.0000000000003039. PMID: 40717591.\n- **Luo 2025.** _Preliminary evaluation on the effect of oral omega-3 supplementation from herring caviar oil in primary open-angle glaucoma patients._ International Ophthalmology, 2025. DOI: 10.1007/s10792-025-03693-1. PMID: 40690043.\n- **Schlogelhofer 2025.** _Association between non-adherence to fish oil or placebo as a risk factor of transition to psychosis in ultra-high-risk individuals in the NEURAPRO study._ The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2025. DOI: 10.1177/00048674251361758. PMID: 40855720.\n- **Saadh 2025.** _The effect of omega-3 supplementation on metabolic, inflammatory and oxidative stress biomarkers in pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis._ Frontiers in Nutrition, 2025. DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1639906. PMID: 41058996.\n- **Hussein 2025.** _Effects of vitamin D3, omega-3 fatty acids and a simple home exercise program on change in physical activity among generally healthy and active older adults: The 3-year DO-HEALTH trial._ The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, 2025. DOI: 10.1016/j.jnha.2025.100528. PMID: 40054416.\n- **Alzahrani 2025.** _Efficacy of Omega-3 supplementation in olfactory dysfunction: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials._ BMC Nutrition, 2025. DOI: 10.1186/s40795-025-01114-1. PMID: 40624586.\n- **Gong 2025.** _Anti-inflammatory interventions for the treatment and prevention of depression among older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis._ Translational Psychiatry, 2025. DOI: 10.1038/s41398-025-03317-3. PMID: 40169548.\n- **Enriquez 2025.** _Study Protocol and Baseline Cardiometabolic Characterization of the RIO-Study (Response to an Intervention with Omega-3): A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial on Lipid and Inflammatory Profiles in Overweight and Obese Adults with Hypertriglyceridemia in Valdivia, Chile._ Nutrients, 2025. DOI: 10.3390/nu17213397. PMID: 41228467.\n- **Eggimann 2024.** _Effect of vitamin D, omega‐3 supplementation, or a home exercise program on muscle mass and sarcopenia: DO‐HEALTH trial._ Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2024. DOI: 10.1111/jgs.19266. PMID: 39565152.\n- **Maymandinejad 2025.** _Synergistic Effects of Probiotic and Omega-3 Supplementation with Ultra-Short Race Pace Training on Sprint Swimming Performance._ Nutrients, 2025. DOI: 10.3390/nu17142296. PMID: 40732922.\n- **Shokravi 2026.** _Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid exposure and cardiovascular outcomes in dialysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis._ Future Cardiology, 2026. DOI: 10.1080/14796678.2026.2645005. PMID: 41851014.\n- **Park 2025.** _Associations Between Dietary Intakes of Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Blood Levels, and Pain Interference in People with Migraine: A Path Analysis of Randomized Trial Data._ Nutrients, 2025. DOI: 10.3390/nu18010003. PMID: 41515121.\n- **Okut 2025.** _The Effects of Omega-3 Supplementation Combined with Strength Training on Neuro-Biomarkers, Inflammatory and Antioxidant Responses, and the Lipid Profile in Physically Healthy Adults._ Nutrients, 2025. DOI: 10.3390/nu17132088. PMID: 40647193.\n- **Bischoff-Ferrari 2025.** _Individual and additive effects of vitamin D, omega-3 and exercise on DNA methylation clocks of biological aging in older adults from the DO-HEALTH trial._ Nature Aging, 2025. DOI: 10.1038/s43587-024-00793-y. PMID: 39900648.\n- **Cardona 2025.** _Impact of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Alcohol Use and Negative Consequences: A Systematic Review._ Nutrition Reviews, 2025. DOI: 10.1093/nutrit/nuaf036. PMID: 40139917.\n- **MateuArrom 2025.** _Therapeutic Benefits of Topical Omega‐3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Skin Diseases and Cosmetics: An Updated Systematic Review._ Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2025. DOI: 10.1111/jocd.70341. PMID: 40616290.\n- **Beauregard 2025.** _Investigating omega-3 fatty acids’ neuroprotective effects in repetitive subconcussive neural injury: Study protocol for a randomized placebo-controlled trial._ PLOS One, 2025. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0321808. PMID: 40273177.\n- **Reyes-Perez 2025.** _Marine ω-3 PUFA Supplementation Enhances FFAR4 Activation and Reduces Inflammatory Markers in PBMC of Subjects with Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial (EPICO)._ Nutrients, 2025. DOI: 10.3390/nu17233630. PMID: 41373925.\n- **McDaniel 2020.** _Impact of omega-3 fatty acid oral therapy on healing of chronic venous leg ulcers in older adults: Study protocol for a randomized controlled single-center trial._ Trials, 2020. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-019-3970-7. PMID: 31948466.\n- **Li 2025.** _Genetic evidence reveals phosphatidylcholine as a mediator in the causal relationship between omega-3 and multiple myeloma risk._ Scientific Reports, 2025. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-12804-y. PMID: 40781111.\n- **Moreno 2026.** _Effect of Omega-3 Fatty Acid Intake on Circulating Biomarkers of Atrial Fibrillation-Related Pathways in the PREDIMED-Plus Study._ Nutrients, 2026. DOI: 10.3390/nu18111669. PMID: 42280313.\n- **Zhang 2026b.** _Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation for muscle health in community-dwelling older adults at high risk of sarcopenia: protocol for a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial._ BMJ Open, 2026. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-113455. PMID: 41760148.\n- **Kistler-Fischbacher 2025.** _Effects of vitamin D3, omega-3s, and a simple home exercise program on incident vertebral fractures: the DO-HEALTH randomized controlled trial._ Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 2025. DOI: 10.1093/jbmr/zjaf058. PMID: 40492704.\n- **Liu 2025.** _Effect of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid on endometriosis._ Clinics, 2025. DOI: 10.1016/j.clinsp.2025.100654. PMID: 40273491.\n- **Blair 2026.** _Anti-inflammatory effects and safety of omega-3 fatty acids in haemodialysis: A systematic review and meta-analysis._ Clin Nutr ESPEN, 2026. DOI: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2026.102957. PMID: 41692069.\n- **Barros 2025.** _Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Cognitive Decline in Adults with Non-Dementia or Mild Cognitive Impairment: An Overview of Systematic Reviews._ Nutrients, 2025. DOI: 10.3390/nu17183002. 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PMID: 30312372.\n- **Ioannidis 2005.** _Ioannidis JPA. Why most published research findings are false. PLoS Med. 2005;2(8):e124._ (methodological reference) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124. PMID: 16060722.\n","metadata":{"abstract":"Evidence-honesty note: 24/48 retained sources are coded as null or no extracted directional signal; this corpus is non-supportive for clinical efficacy claims and hypothesis-generating only. Source-bundle reconciliation note: Directional coding is conservative claim-level coding from extracted claim records, not a statement that the source texts contain no directional findings; source-level positive, negative, or unclear findings should be interpreted through the coded outcome class, directness, and claim-count fields. 39/48 retained sources are indirect, review-level, adjacent, or mechanistic and are used only to bound interpretation. The conclusion therefore does not support broad causal, clinical, or policy claims. This paper synthesizes evidence on Omega 3 longevity across 48 accepted source papers and 2985 high-confidence extracted claims. The evidence profile contains 9 direct clinical sources, 38 adjacent clinical sources, and 1 mechanistic or model-system source, with 389 cross-study disagreements across the evidence base. 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Here we aim to evaluate whether vitamin D supplementation reduces risk of T2D in a general population of older US adults. The study design is an ancillary analysis (VITAL-T2D) of The Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL), a completed randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 2 × 2 trial of daily vitamin D 3 (cholecalciferol; 2000 IU/day) and omega-3 fatty acids (1 g/day) for the primary prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease. We also conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of vitamin D trial (≥1000 IU/d cholecalciferol) vs. placebo and T2D risk. We analyzed 22,220 adults with mean age 67.2 years (SD = 7.1) without T2D at enrollment (2011 to 2014), randomized to vitamin D 3 or placebo. Mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.5 kg/m 2 (SD = 5.3), with 51% female and 17% Black race/ethnicity. A subcohort (n = 911) attended in-person visits at baseline and 2 years for glycemic trait analyses. Our meta-analysis included 3 additional trials (5205 participants; 936 T2D cases).","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_4","claim":"The evidence profile contains 9 direct clinical sources, 38 adjacent clinical sources, and 1 mechanistic or model-system source, with 389 cross-study disagreements across the evidence base.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"Association of Higher Dietary Omega‐3 Fatty Acid Intake With Cardiovascular‐Kidney‐Metabolic Syndrome Stage Severity and Mortality in US Adults: A Cross‐Sectional and Prospective Cohort Analysis of NHANES 1999 to 2018","year":2026,"doi":"10.1161/JAHA.125.046079","url":"https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.125.046079","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Zhang 2026","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome interlinks obesity, diabetes, kidney disease, and cardiovascular dysfunction. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) possess anti-inflammatory and metabolic properties potentially relevant to CKM health, yet their links to disease severity and mortality remain undefined. METHODS: This cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis included 27 934 US adults with CKM syndrome from NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) 1999 to 2018. Dietary n-3 PUFA intake (mg/kg per day) was ascertained from 2 24-hour recalls. Mortality was ascertained via linkage to the National Death Index through 2019. Cross-sectional CKM stage was analyzed using weighted ordered logistic regression. Mortality risk was evaluated using Cox models, restricted cubic splines, and weighted quantile sum regression. RESULTS: Each 10 mg/kg per day higher n-3 PUFA intake was associated with 13% lower odds of advanced CKM stage (odds ratio [OR], 0.87 [95% CI, 0.83-0.91]). 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METHODS: Thirty-eight participants (12 Control, 26 DHA) completed a 12-week double-blind, placebo-controlled matched-pair trial. The Control group received high-oleic acid tablets. The DHA group received 715 mg/d of microencapsulated DHA tablets. Participants performed eccentric cycling at weeks 0 and 12, with assessments conducted pre-exercise, 0-h, 24-h, and 48-h post-exercise. The primary outcomes were DOMS (visual analogue scale) and the Omega-3 Index (O3I) (estimated by finger-stick dry blood spot). Secondary outcomes included neuromuscular function and inflammatory cytokines. RESULTS: O3I was not different between groups at week 0 but was elevated in the DHA group (∆2.43%, [95% CI; 2.10, 2.77], P < 0.001) and between Control at week 12 (P < 0.001). 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Given the unique demands faced by this tactical population, this systematic review aims to evaluate the evidence of n -3 to support physical and mental resilience and overall performance. METHODS: This review was conducted in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and includes articles that assessed n -3 status or implemented n -3 interventions in relation to physical and cognitive performance, recovery, and injury outcomes (2006 to 2024). Of the 1606 articles yielded in screening through Covidence, 755 were irrelevant, leaving 226 studies for full-text eligibility. Of those 226 studies, 165 studies were excluded, and 61 studies were included in this review. 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However, data on their combined effects in older adults with sarcopenia remain limited. OBJECTIVES: To assess feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a multicomponent intervention combining individualized home-based exercise, proteins, and/or omega-3 supplementation. DESIGN: Parallel five-armed randomized assessor-blinded controlled feasibility trial with triple-blinded supplementation. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Community-dwelling older adults (≥65 years) diagnosed with sarcopenia (EWGSOP2-criteria) from the Exercise and Nutrition for Healthy Ageing (ENHANce) study. The ENHANce study was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03649698). INTERVENTION: Participants were randomized into 5 groups: 1) Exercise, 2) Proteins, 3) Exercise+Protein, 4) Exercise+Protein+Omega-3, and 5) Control group. 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Here we aim to evaluate whether vitamin D supplementation reduces risk of T2D in a general population of older US adults. The study design is an ancillary analysis (VITAL-T2D) of The Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL), a completed randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 2 × 2 trial of daily vitamin D 3 (cholecalciferol; 2000 IU/day) and omega-3 fatty acids (1 g/day) for the primary prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease. We also conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of vitamin D trial (≥1000 IU/d cholecalciferol) vs. placebo and T2D risk. We analyzed 22,220 adults with mean age 67.2 years (SD = 7.1) without T2D at enrollment (2011 to 2014), randomized to vitamin D 3 or placebo. Mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.5 kg/m 2 (SD = 5.3), with 51% female and 17% Black race/ethnicity. A subcohort (n = 911) attended in-person visits at baseline and 2 years for glycemic trait analyses. 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The paper therefore interprets the corpus as a tiered evidence profile rather than as a single pooled effect.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"Association of Higher Dietary Omega‐3 Fatty Acid Intake With Cardiovascular‐Kidney‐Metabolic Syndrome Stage Severity and Mortality in US Adults: A Cross‐Sectional and Prospective Cohort Analysis of NHANES 1999 to 2018","year":2026,"doi":"10.1161/JAHA.125.046079","url":"https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.125.046079","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Zhang 2026","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome interlinks obesity, diabetes, kidney disease, and cardiovascular dysfunction. 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Given the unique demands faced by this tactical population, this systematic review aims to evaluate the evidence of n -3 to support physical and mental resilience and overall performance. METHODS: This review was conducted in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and includes articles that assessed n -3 status or implemented n -3 interventions in relation to physical and cognitive performance, recovery, and injury outcomes (2006 to 2024). Of the 1606 articles yielded in screening through Covidence, 755 were irrelevant, leaving 226 studies for full-text eligibility. Of those 226 studies, 165 studies were excluded, and 61 studies were included in this review. 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However, data on their combined effects in older adults with sarcopenia remain limited. OBJECTIVES: To assess feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a multicomponent intervention combining individualized home-based exercise, proteins, and/or omega-3 supplementation. DESIGN: Parallel five-armed randomized assessor-blinded controlled feasibility trial with triple-blinded supplementation. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Community-dwelling older adults (≥65 years) diagnosed with sarcopenia (EWGSOP2-criteria) from the Exercise and Nutrition for Healthy Ageing (ENHANce) study. The ENHANce study was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03649698). INTERVENTION: Participants were randomized into 5 groups: 1) Exercise, 2) Proteins, 3) Exercise+Protein, 4) Exercise+Protein+Omega-3, and 5) Control group. 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Here we aim to evaluate whether vitamin D supplementation reduces risk of T2D in a general population of older US adults. The study design is an ancillary analysis (VITAL-T2D) of The Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL), a completed randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 2 × 2 trial of daily vitamin D 3 (cholecalciferol; 2000 IU/day) and omega-3 fatty acids (1 g/day) for the primary prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease. We also conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of vitamin D trial (≥1000 IU/d cholecalciferol) vs. placebo and T2D risk. We analyzed 22,220 adults with mean age 67.2 years (SD = 7.1) without T2D at enrollment (2011 to 2014), randomized to vitamin D 3 or placebo. Mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.5 kg/m 2 (SD = 5.3), with 51% female and 17% Black race/ethnicity. A subcohort (n = 911) attended in-person visits at baseline and 2 years for glycemic trait analyses. Our meta-analysis included 3 additional trials (5205 participants; 936 T2D cases).","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_6","claim":"The conclusion is that Omega 3 longevity remains a bounded geroscience case: the retained clinical and mechanistic evidence profile defines the scope for targeted testing, while mixed and null findings limit any unqualified anti-aging claim.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"Association of Higher Dietary Omega‐3 Fatty Acid Intake With Cardiovascular‐Kidney‐Metabolic Syndrome Stage Severity and Mortality in US Adults: A Cross‐Sectional and Prospective Cohort Analysis of NHANES 1999 to 2018","year":2026,"doi":"10.1161/JAHA.125.046079","url":"https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.125.046079","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Zhang 2026","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome interlinks obesity, diabetes, kidney disease, and cardiovascular dysfunction. 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METHODS: Thirty-eight participants (12 Control, 26 DHA) completed a 12-week double-blind, placebo-controlled matched-pair trial. The Control group received high-oleic acid tablets. The DHA group received 715 mg/d of microencapsulated DHA tablets. Participants performed eccentric cycling at weeks 0 and 12, with assessments conducted pre-exercise, 0-h, 24-h, and 48-h post-exercise. The primary outcomes were DOMS (visual analogue scale) and the Omega-3 Index (O3I) (estimated by finger-stick dry blood spot). Secondary outcomes included neuromuscular function and inflammatory cytokines. RESULTS: O3I was not different between groups at week 0 but was elevated in the DHA group (∆2.43%, [95% CI; 2.10, 2.77], P < 0.001) and between Control at week 12 (P < 0.001). 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Given the unique demands faced by this tactical population, this systematic review aims to evaluate the evidence of n -3 to support physical and mental resilience and overall performance. METHODS: This review was conducted in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and includes articles that assessed n -3 status or implemented n -3 interventions in relation to physical and cognitive performance, recovery, and injury outcomes (2006 to 2024). Of the 1606 articles yielded in screening through Covidence, 755 were irrelevant, leaving 226 studies for full-text eligibility. Of those 226 studies, 165 studies were excluded, and 61 studies were included in this review. 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Here we aim to evaluate whether vitamin D supplementation reduces risk of T2D in a general population of older US adults. The study design is an ancillary analysis (VITAL-T2D) of The Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL), a completed randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 2 × 2 trial of daily vitamin D 3 (cholecalciferol; 2000 IU/day) and omega-3 fatty acids (1 g/day) for the primary prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease. We also conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of vitamin D trial (≥1000 IU/d cholecalciferol) vs. placebo and T2D risk. We analyzed 22,220 adults with mean age 67.2 years (SD = 7.1) without T2D at enrollment (2011 to 2014), randomized to vitamin D 3 or placebo. Mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.5 kg/m 2 (SD = 5.3), with 51% female and 17% Black race/ethnicity. A subcohort (n = 911) attended in-person visits at baseline and 2 years for glycemic trait analyses. 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Given the unique demands faced by this tactical population, this systematic review aims to evaluate the evidence of n -3 to support physical and mental resilience and overall performance. METHODS: This review was conducted in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and includes articles that assessed n -3 status or implemented n -3 interventions in relation to physical and cognitive performance, recovery, and injury outcomes (2006 to 2024). Of the 1606 articles yielded in screening through Covidence, 755 were irrelevant, leaving 226 studies for full-text eligibility. Of those 226 studies, 165 studies were excluded, and 61 studies were included in this review. 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Here we aim to evaluate whether vitamin D supplementation reduces risk of T2D in a general population of older US adults. The study design is an ancillary analysis (VITAL-T2D) of The Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL), a completed randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 2 × 2 trial of daily vitamin D 3 (cholecalciferol; 2000 IU/day) and omega-3 fatty acids (1 g/day) for the primary prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease. We also conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of vitamin D trial (≥1000 IU/d cholecalciferol) vs. placebo and T2D risk. We analyzed 22,220 adults with mean age 67.2 years (SD = 7.1) without T2D at enrollment (2011 to 2014), randomized to vitamin D 3 or placebo. Mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.5 kg/m 2 (SD = 5.3), with 51% female and 17% Black race/ethnicity. A subcohort (n = 911) attended in-person visits at baseline and 2 years for glycemic trait analyses. 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Here we aim to evaluate whether vitamin D supplementation reduces risk of T2D in a general population of older US adults. The study design is an ancillary analysis (VITAL-T2D) of The Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL), a completed randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 2 × 2 trial of daily vitamin D 3 (cholecalciferol; 2000 IU/day) and omega-3 fatty acids (1 g/day) for the primary prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease. We also conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of vitamin D trial (≥1000 IU/d cholecalciferol) vs. placebo and T2D risk. We analyzed 22,220 adults with mean age 67.2 years (SD = 7.1) without T2D at enrollment (2011 to 2014), randomized to vitamin D 3 or placebo. Mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.5 kg/m 2 (SD = 5.3), with 51% female and 17% Black race/ethnicity. A subcohort (n = 911) attended in-person visits at baseline and 2 years for glycemic trait analyses. 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Here we aim to evaluate whether vitamin D supplementation reduces risk of T2D in a general population of older US adults. The study design is an ancillary analysis (VITAL-T2D) of The Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL), a completed randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 2 × 2 trial of daily vitamin D 3 (cholecalciferol; 2000 IU/day) and omega-3 fatty acids (1 g/day) for the primary prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease. We also conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of vitamin D trial (≥1000 IU/d cholecalciferol) vs. placebo and T2D risk. We analyzed 22,220 adults with mean age 67.2 years (SD = 7.1) without T2D at enrollment (2011 to 2014), randomized to vitamin D 3 or placebo. Mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.5 kg/m 2 (SD = 5.3), with 51% female and 17% Black race/ethnicity. A subcohort (n = 911) attended in-person visits at baseline and 2 years for glycemic trait analyses. 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However, data on their combined effects in older adults with sarcopenia remain limited. OBJECTIVES: To assess feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a multicomponent intervention combining individualized home-based exercise, proteins, and/or omega-3 supplementation. DESIGN: Parallel five-armed randomized assessor-blinded controlled feasibility trial with triple-blinded supplementation. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Community-dwelling older adults (≥65 years) diagnosed with sarcopenia (EWGSOP2-criteria) from the Exercise and Nutrition for Healthy Ageing (ENHANce) study. The ENHANce study was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03649698). INTERVENTION: Participants were randomized into 5 groups: 1) Exercise, 2) Proteins, 3) Exercise+Protein, 4) Exercise+Protein+Omega-3, and 5) Control group. 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Here we aim to evaluate whether vitamin D supplementation reduces risk of T2D in a general population of older US adults. The study design is an ancillary analysis (VITAL-T2D) of The Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL), a completed randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 2 × 2 trial of daily vitamin D 3 (cholecalciferol; 2000 IU/day) and omega-3 fatty acids (1 g/day) for the primary prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease. We also conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of vitamin D trial (≥1000 IU/d cholecalciferol) vs. placebo and T2D risk. We analyzed 22,220 adults with mean age 67.2 years (SD = 7.1) without T2D at enrollment (2011 to 2014), randomized to vitamin D 3 or placebo. Mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.5 kg/m 2 (SD = 5.3), with 51% female and 17% Black race/ethnicity. A subcohort (n = 911) attended in-person visits at baseline and 2 years for glycemic trait analyses. Our meta-analysis included 3 additional trials (5205 participants; 936 T2D cases).","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_14","claim":"Adverse or negative signals are likewise retained in the main interpretation. For an aging intervention, the risk profile is part of the efficacy question because a plausible mechanism is not sufficient if the same corpus shows offsetting harm or tolerability constraints.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"Association of Higher Dietary Omega‐3 Fatty Acid Intake With Cardiovascular‐Kidney‐Metabolic Syndrome Stage Severity and Mortality in US Adults: A Cross‐Sectional and Prospective Cohort Analysis of NHANES 1999 to 2018","year":2026,"doi":"10.1161/JAHA.125.046079","url":"https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.125.046079","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Zhang 2026","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome interlinks obesity, diabetes, kidney disease, and cardiovascular dysfunction. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) possess anti-inflammatory and metabolic properties potentially relevant to CKM health, yet their links to disease severity and mortality remain undefined. METHODS: This cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis included 27 934 US adults with CKM syndrome from NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) 1999 to 2018. Dietary n-3 PUFA intake (mg/kg per day) was ascertained from 2 24-hour recalls. Mortality was ascertained via linkage to the National Death Index through 2019. Cross-sectional CKM stage was analyzed using weighted ordered logistic regression. Mortality risk was evaluated using Cox models, restricted cubic splines, and weighted quantile sum regression. RESULTS: Each 10 mg/kg per day higher n-3 PUFA intake was associated with 13% lower odds of advanced CKM stage (odds ratio [OR], 0.87 [95% CI, 0.83-0.91]). Over a median 9-year follow-up (5150 deaths), a nonlinear, L-shaped relationship with all-cause mortality was observed, with a threshold at 22.35 mg/kg per day.","source_id":"source_1","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Microencapsulated docosahexaenoic acid increases the Omega-3 Index and attenuates the physiological impact of eccentric exercise in physically trained adults: a 12-week double-blind placebo-controlled trial","year":2026,"doi":"10.1007/s00394-026-03998-6","url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-026-03998-6","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Anthony 2026","excerpt":"PURPOSE: This study investigated the effects of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplementation on delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), physical function, and inflammation following eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage in physically trained male and female adults (training ≥ 5d/wk). METHODS: Thirty-eight participants (12 Control, 26 DHA) completed a 12-week double-blind, placebo-controlled matched-pair trial. The Control group received high-oleic acid tablets. The DHA group received 715 mg/d of microencapsulated DHA tablets. Participants performed eccentric cycling at weeks 0 and 12, with assessments conducted pre-exercise, 0-h, 24-h, and 48-h post-exercise. The primary outcomes were DOMS (visual analogue scale) and the Omega-3 Index (O3I) (estimated by finger-stick dry blood spot). Secondary outcomes included neuromuscular function and inflammatory cytokines. RESULTS: O3I was not different between groups at week 0 but was elevated in the DHA group (∆2.43%, [95% CI; 2.10, 2.77], P < 0.001) and between Control at week 12 (P < 0.001). DOMS was lower at 24-h and 48-h post-exercise in the DHA group and between Control at week 12 (P < 0.01).","source_id":"source_2","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Examining the Influence of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Performance, Recovery, and Injury Management for Health Optimization: A Systematic Review Focused on Military Service Members","year":2025,"doi":"10.3390/nu17020307","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17020307","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Rittenhouse 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Omega-3 fatty acids ( n -3), recognized for their anti-inflammatory and brain health benefits, are being studied to enhance cognitive function, aid physical recovery, and reduce injury rates among military service members (SMs). Given the unique demands faced by this tactical population, this systematic review aims to evaluate the evidence of n -3 to support physical and mental resilience and overall performance. METHODS: This review was conducted in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and includes articles that assessed n -3 status or implemented n -3 interventions in relation to physical and cognitive performance, recovery, and injury outcomes (2006 to 2024). Of the 1606 articles yielded in screening through Covidence, 755 were irrelevant, leaving 226 studies for full-text eligibility. Of those 226 studies, 165 studies were excluded, and 61 studies were included in this review. RESULTS: The results highlighted evidence-based findings in five key areas where omega-3 fatty acids are being evaluated to benefit military service members.","source_id":"source_3","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"A multicomponent intervention consisting of exercise, proteins and omega-3 supplementation to improve sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults: Lessons learned from a 5-armed randomized controlled feasibility trial","year":2026,"doi":"10.1016/j.tjfa.2025.100129","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjfa.2025.100129","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Amini 2026","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Anabolic interventions, including physical exercise, proteins and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) supplementation, have shown effectiveness in improving sarcopenia outcomes. However, data on their combined effects in older adults with sarcopenia remain limited. OBJECTIVES: To assess feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a multicomponent intervention combining individualized home-based exercise, proteins, and/or omega-3 supplementation. DESIGN: Parallel five-armed randomized assessor-blinded controlled feasibility trial with triple-blinded supplementation. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Community-dwelling older adults (≥65 years) diagnosed with sarcopenia (EWGSOP2-criteria) from the Exercise and Nutrition for Healthy Ageing (ENHANce) study. The ENHANce study was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03649698). INTERVENTION: Participants were randomized into 5 groups: 1) Exercise, 2) Proteins, 3) Exercise+Protein, 4) Exercise+Protein+Omega-3, and 5) Control group. MEASUREMENTS: Feasibility was assessed via eligibility, recruitment, retention, and data completion rates.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Vitamin D supplementation vs. placebo and incident type 2 diabetes in an ancillary study of the randomized Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s41467-025-58721-6","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58721-6","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Tobias 2025","excerpt":"Observational and experimental evidence suggests that vitamin D plays a role in type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, prior randomized supplementation trials are limited to high-risk patients with prediabetes. Here we aim to evaluate whether vitamin D supplementation reduces risk of T2D in a general population of older US adults. The study design is an ancillary analysis (VITAL-T2D) of The Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL), a completed randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 2 × 2 trial of daily vitamin D 3 (cholecalciferol; 2000 IU/day) and omega-3 fatty acids (1 g/day) for the primary prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease. We also conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of vitamin D trial (≥1000 IU/d cholecalciferol) vs. placebo and T2D risk. We analyzed 22,220 adults with mean age 67.2 years (SD = 7.1) without T2D at enrollment (2011 to 2014), randomized to vitamin D 3 or placebo. Mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.5 kg/m 2 (SD = 5.3), with 51% female and 17% Black race/ethnicity. A subcohort (n = 911) attended in-person visits at baseline and 2 years for glycemic trait analyses. Our meta-analysis included 3 additional trials (5205 participants; 936 T2D cases).","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_15","claim":"The evidence base also distinguishes breadth from certainty. A broad corpus can cover many biological domains while still leaving the clinically decisive question unresolved if direct evidence is limited, heterogeneous, or endpoint-specific.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"Association of Higher Dietary Omega‐3 Fatty Acid Intake With Cardiovascular‐Kidney‐Metabolic Syndrome Stage Severity and Mortality in US Adults: A Cross‐Sectional and Prospective Cohort Analysis of NHANES 1999 to 2018","year":2026,"doi":"10.1161/JAHA.125.046079","url":"https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.125.046079","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Zhang 2026","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome interlinks obesity, diabetes, kidney disease, and cardiovascular dysfunction. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) possess anti-inflammatory and metabolic properties potentially relevant to CKM health, yet their links to disease severity and mortality remain undefined. METHODS: This cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis included 27 934 US adults with CKM syndrome from NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) 1999 to 2018. Dietary n-3 PUFA intake (mg/kg per day) was ascertained from 2 24-hour recalls. Mortality was ascertained via linkage to the National Death Index through 2019. Cross-sectional CKM stage was analyzed using weighted ordered logistic regression. Mortality risk was evaluated using Cox models, restricted cubic splines, and weighted quantile sum regression. RESULTS: Each 10 mg/kg per day higher n-3 PUFA intake was associated with 13% lower odds of advanced CKM stage (odds ratio [OR], 0.87 [95% CI, 0.83-0.91]). Over a median 9-year follow-up (5150 deaths), a nonlinear, L-shaped relationship with all-cause mortality was observed, with a threshold at 22.35 mg/kg per day.","source_id":"source_1","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Microencapsulated docosahexaenoic acid increases the Omega-3 Index and attenuates the physiological impact of eccentric exercise in physically trained adults: a 12-week double-blind placebo-controlled trial","year":2026,"doi":"10.1007/s00394-026-03998-6","url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-026-03998-6","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Anthony 2026","excerpt":"PURPOSE: This study investigated the effects of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplementation on delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), physical function, and inflammation following eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage in physically trained male and female adults (training ≥ 5d/wk). METHODS: Thirty-eight participants (12 Control, 26 DHA) completed a 12-week double-blind, placebo-controlled matched-pair trial. The Control group received high-oleic acid tablets. The DHA group received 715 mg/d of microencapsulated DHA tablets. Participants performed eccentric cycling at weeks 0 and 12, with assessments conducted pre-exercise, 0-h, 24-h, and 48-h post-exercise. The primary outcomes were DOMS (visual analogue scale) and the Omega-3 Index (O3I) (estimated by finger-stick dry blood spot). Secondary outcomes included neuromuscular function and inflammatory cytokines. RESULTS: O3I was not different between groups at week 0 but was elevated in the DHA group (∆2.43%, [95% CI; 2.10, 2.77], P < 0.001) and between Control at week 12 (P < 0.001). DOMS was lower at 24-h and 48-h post-exercise in the DHA group and between Control at week 12 (P < 0.01).","source_id":"source_2","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Examining the Influence of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Performance, Recovery, and Injury Management for Health Optimization: A Systematic Review Focused on Military Service Members","year":2025,"doi":"10.3390/nu17020307","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17020307","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Rittenhouse 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Omega-3 fatty acids ( n -3), recognized for their anti-inflammatory and brain health benefits, are being studied to enhance cognitive function, aid physical recovery, and reduce injury rates among military service members (SMs). Given the unique demands faced by this tactical population, this systematic review aims to evaluate the evidence of n -3 to support physical and mental resilience and overall performance. METHODS: This review was conducted in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and includes articles that assessed n -3 status or implemented n -3 interventions in relation to physical and cognitive performance, recovery, and injury outcomes (2006 to 2024). Of the 1606 articles yielded in screening through Covidence, 755 were irrelevant, leaving 226 studies for full-text eligibility. Of those 226 studies, 165 studies were excluded, and 61 studies were included in this review. RESULTS: The results highlighted evidence-based findings in five key areas where omega-3 fatty acids are being evaluated to benefit military service members.","source_id":"source_3","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"A multicomponent intervention consisting of exercise, proteins and omega-3 supplementation to improve sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults: Lessons learned from a 5-armed randomized controlled feasibility trial","year":2026,"doi":"10.1016/j.tjfa.2025.100129","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjfa.2025.100129","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Amini 2026","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Anabolic interventions, including physical exercise, proteins and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) supplementation, have shown effectiveness in improving sarcopenia outcomes. However, data on their combined effects in older adults with sarcopenia remain limited. OBJECTIVES: To assess feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a multicomponent intervention combining individualized home-based exercise, proteins, and/or omega-3 supplementation. DESIGN: Parallel five-armed randomized assessor-blinded controlled feasibility trial with triple-blinded supplementation. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Community-dwelling older adults (≥65 years) diagnosed with sarcopenia (EWGSOP2-criteria) from the Exercise and Nutrition for Healthy Ageing (ENHANce) study. The ENHANce study was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03649698). INTERVENTION: Participants were randomized into 5 groups: 1) Exercise, 2) Proteins, 3) Exercise+Protein, 4) Exercise+Protein+Omega-3, and 5) Control group. MEASUREMENTS: Feasibility was assessed via eligibility, recruitment, retention, and data completion rates.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Vitamin D supplementation vs. placebo and incident type 2 diabetes in an ancillary study of the randomized Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s41467-025-58721-6","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58721-6","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Tobias 2025","excerpt":"Observational and experimental evidence suggests that vitamin D plays a role in type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, prior randomized supplementation trials are limited to high-risk patients with prediabetes. Here we aim to evaluate whether vitamin D supplementation reduces risk of T2D in a general population of older US adults. The study design is an ancillary analysis (VITAL-T2D) of The Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL), a completed randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 2 × 2 trial of daily vitamin D 3 (cholecalciferol; 2000 IU/day) and omega-3 fatty acids (1 g/day) for the primary prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease. We also conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of vitamin D trial (≥1000 IU/d cholecalciferol) vs. placebo and T2D risk. We analyzed 22,220 adults with mean age 67.2 years (SD = 7.1) without T2D at enrollment (2011 to 2014), randomized to vitamin D 3 or placebo. Mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.5 kg/m 2 (SD = 5.3), with 51% female and 17% Black race/ethnicity. A subcohort (n = 911) attended in-person visits at baseline and 2 years for glycemic trait analyses. Our meta-analysis included 3 additional trials (5205 participants; 936 T2D cases).","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_16","claim":"The background evidence for Omega 3 longevity is heterogeneous rather than uniformly confirmatory. Direct clinical sources such as Amini 2026, Tobias 2025, Konert 2026 are interpreted separately from mechanistic studies such as Schlogelhofer 2025, because these evidence roles answer different questions about aging biology and clinical translation.","citation_support":[{"source_id":"source_4","study":"A multicomponent intervention consisting of exercise, proteins and omega-3 supplementation to improve sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults: Lessons learned from a 5-armed randomized controlled feasibility trial","doi":"10.1016/j.tjfa.2025.100129","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjfa.2025.100129","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Amini 2026","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"primary","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Anabolic interventions, including physical exercise, proteins and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) supplementation, have shown effectiveness in improving sarcopenia outcomes. However, data on their combined effects in older adults with sarcopenia remain limited. OBJECTIVES: To assess feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a multicomponent intervention combining individualized home-based exercise, proteins, and/or omega-3 supplementation. DESIGN: Parallel five-armed randomized assessor-blinded controlled feasibility trial with triple-blinded supplementation. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Community-dwelling older adults (≥65 years) diagnosed with sarcopenia (EWGSOP2-criteria) from the Exercise and Nutrition for Healthy Ageing (ENHANce) study. The ENHANce study was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03649698). INTERVENTION: Participants were randomized into 5 groups: 1) Exercise, 2) Proteins, 3) Exercise+Protein, 4) Exercise+Protein+Omega-3, and 5) Control group. MEASUREMENTS: Feasibility was assessed via eligibility, recruitment, retention, and data completion rates."},{"source_id":"source_5","study":"Vitamin D supplementation vs. placebo and incident type 2 diabetes in an ancillary study of the randomized Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial","doi":"10.1038/s41467-025-58721-6","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58721-6","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Tobias 2025","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"primary","excerpt":"Observational and experimental evidence suggests that vitamin D plays a role in type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, prior randomized supplementation trials are limited to high-risk patients with prediabetes. Here we aim to evaluate whether vitamin D supplementation reduces risk of T2D in a general population of older US adults. The study design is an ancillary analysis (VITAL-T2D) of The Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL), a completed randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 2 × 2 trial of daily vitamin D 3 (cholecalciferol; 2000 IU/day) and omega-3 fatty acids (1 g/day) for the primary prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease. We also conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of vitamin D trial (≥1000 IU/d cholecalciferol) vs. placebo and T2D risk. We analyzed 22,220 adults with mean age 67.2 years (SD = 7.1) without T2D at enrollment (2011 to 2014), randomized to vitamin D 3 or placebo. Mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.5 kg/m 2 (SD = 5.3), with 51% female and 17% Black race/ethnicity. A subcohort (n = 911) attended in-person visits at baseline and 2 years for glycemic trait analyses. Our meta-analysis included 3 additional trials (5205 participants; 936 T2D cases)."},{"source_id":"source_13","study":"Effect of 21-Day Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation on Exercise-Induced Secretory Factors and Inflammation Status in Young Men: A Randomized Double-Blind Trial","doi":"10.3390/nu18030539","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nu18030539","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Konert 2026","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"primary","excerpt":"Objectives : The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of 21-day dietary omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on the levels of postexercise inflammation response, oxidative stress, and selected exerkine secretion among physically active young men. Methods : In a randomized double-blind study, 24 physically active men were assigned to two groups: a supplementation group (n = 12), receiving 3250 mg of n -3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) daily, and a placebo group (n = 12). Blood samples were collected before and after twenty-one days of dietary supplementation to measure total fatty acids and inflammatory markers, including IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10, BDNF, and FGF23. Results : After 21 days of n -3 fatty acid supplementation, there were no significant changes in anaerobic performance parameters. However, significant interactions were found in the systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), FGF-23, IL-1β, IL-1Ra, IL-6, and IL-10 in response to exercise and supplementation. Conclusions : 21 days of n -3 fatty acid supplementation modified PUFA content and influenced inflammation status, but did not affect maximal anaerobic performance."},{"source_id":"source_23","study":"Association between non-adherence to fish oil or placebo as a risk factor of transition to psychosis in ultra-high-risk individuals in the NEURAPRO study","doi":"10.1177/00048674251361758","url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00048674251361758","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Schlogelhofer 2025","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"primary","excerpt":"OBJECTIVE: Non-adherence is an important factor in clinical trials, which has not been investigated in people at ultra-high risk (UHR) of developing a first episode of psychosis. METHODS: Exploratory analysis of data from NEURAPRO, a multicenter, placebo-controlled trial of long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (omega-3 PUFAs) in 304 individuals at UHR. We examined correlates of non-adherence with study medication (omega-3 PUFAs or placebo), including patient, illness and treatment factors, plus transition to psychosis. Non-adherence was defined as <75% study medication intake over 6 months and, post hoc, by the number of returned pills. RESULTS: Of 285 randomized participants with baseline fatty acid data, 163 (57.2%) were non-adherent. In univariate analyses, non-adherence was associated with baseline omega-3 index, pre-baseline duration of untreated symptoms, smoking, cannabis use, lower baseline Social and Occupational Functioning Assessment Scale, Global Functioning: Social and Role Scale scores and transition to psychosis. Transition to psychosis risk was significantly lower in the adherent than non-adherent group (4.2%, 95% CI = 0.7-7.7% vs 17.3%, 95% CI = 10.4-24."}],"candidate_sources":[]},{"claim_id":"claim_17","claim":"The direct evidence establishes what has been observed in human or adjacent clinical settings. The mechanistic evidence helps explain why an effect might be plausible, but it does not by itself establish the size, durability, or safety of a human healthspan effect.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"Association of Higher Dietary Omega‐3 Fatty Acid Intake With Cardiovascular‐Kidney‐Metabolic Syndrome Stage Severity and Mortality in US Adults: A Cross‐Sectional and Prospective Cohort Analysis of NHANES 1999 to 2018","year":2026,"doi":"10.1161/JAHA.125.046079","url":"https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.125.046079","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Zhang 2026","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome interlinks obesity, diabetes, kidney disease, and cardiovascular dysfunction. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) possess anti-inflammatory and metabolic properties potentially relevant to CKM health, yet their links to disease severity and mortality remain undefined. METHODS: This cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis included 27 934 US adults with CKM syndrome from NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) 1999 to 2018. Dietary n-3 PUFA intake (mg/kg per day) was ascertained from 2 24-hour recalls. Mortality was ascertained via linkage to the National Death Index through 2019. Cross-sectional CKM stage was analyzed using weighted ordered logistic regression. Mortality risk was evaluated using Cox models, restricted cubic splines, and weighted quantile sum regression. RESULTS: Each 10 mg/kg per day higher n-3 PUFA intake was associated with 13% lower odds of advanced CKM stage (odds ratio [OR], 0.87 [95% CI, 0.83-0.91]). Over a median 9-year follow-up (5150 deaths), a nonlinear, L-shaped relationship with all-cause mortality was observed, with a threshold at 22.35 mg/kg per day.","source_id":"source_1","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Microencapsulated docosahexaenoic acid increases the Omega-3 Index and attenuates the physiological impact of eccentric exercise in physically trained adults: a 12-week double-blind placebo-controlled trial","year":2026,"doi":"10.1007/s00394-026-03998-6","url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-026-03998-6","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Anthony 2026","excerpt":"PURPOSE: This study investigated the effects of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplementation on delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), physical function, and inflammation following eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage in physically trained male and female adults (training ≥ 5d/wk). METHODS: Thirty-eight participants (12 Control, 26 DHA) completed a 12-week double-blind, placebo-controlled matched-pair trial. The Control group received high-oleic acid tablets. The DHA group received 715 mg/d of microencapsulated DHA tablets. Participants performed eccentric cycling at weeks 0 and 12, with assessments conducted pre-exercise, 0-h, 24-h, and 48-h post-exercise. The primary outcomes were DOMS (visual analogue scale) and the Omega-3 Index (O3I) (estimated by finger-stick dry blood spot). Secondary outcomes included neuromuscular function and inflammatory cytokines. RESULTS: O3I was not different between groups at week 0 but was elevated in the DHA group (∆2.43%, [95% CI; 2.10, 2.77], P < 0.001) and between Control at week 12 (P < 0.001). DOMS was lower at 24-h and 48-h post-exercise in the DHA group and between Control at week 12 (P < 0.01).","source_id":"source_2","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Examining the Influence of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Performance, Recovery, and Injury Management for Health Optimization: A Systematic Review Focused on Military Service Members","year":2025,"doi":"10.3390/nu17020307","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17020307","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Rittenhouse 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Omega-3 fatty acids ( n -3), recognized for their anti-inflammatory and brain health benefits, are being studied to enhance cognitive function, aid physical recovery, and reduce injury rates among military service members (SMs). Given the unique demands faced by this tactical population, this systematic review aims to evaluate the evidence of n -3 to support physical and mental resilience and overall performance. METHODS: This review was conducted in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and includes articles that assessed n -3 status or implemented n -3 interventions in relation to physical and cognitive performance, recovery, and injury outcomes (2006 to 2024). Of the 1606 articles yielded in screening through Covidence, 755 were irrelevant, leaving 226 studies for full-text eligibility. Of those 226 studies, 165 studies were excluded, and 61 studies were included in this review. 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However, data on their combined effects in older adults with sarcopenia remain limited. OBJECTIVES: To assess feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a multicomponent intervention combining individualized home-based exercise, proteins, and/or omega-3 supplementation. DESIGN: Parallel five-armed randomized assessor-blinded controlled feasibility trial with triple-blinded supplementation. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Community-dwelling older adults (≥65 years) diagnosed with sarcopenia (EWGSOP2-criteria) from the Exercise and Nutrition for Healthy Ageing (ENHANce) study. The ENHANce study was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03649698). INTERVENTION: Participants were randomized into 5 groups: 1) Exercise, 2) Proteins, 3) Exercise+Protein, 4) Exercise+Protein+Omega-3, and 5) Control group. MEASUREMENTS: Feasibility was assessed via eligibility, recruitment, retention, and data completion rates.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Vitamin D supplementation vs. placebo and incident type 2 diabetes in an ancillary study of the randomized Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s41467-025-58721-6","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58721-6","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Tobias 2025","excerpt":"Observational and experimental evidence suggests that vitamin D plays a role in type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, prior randomized supplementation trials are limited to high-risk patients with prediabetes. Here we aim to evaluate whether vitamin D supplementation reduces risk of T2D in a general population of older US adults. The study design is an ancillary analysis (VITAL-T2D) of The Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL), a completed randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 2 × 2 trial of daily vitamin D 3 (cholecalciferol; 2000 IU/day) and omega-3 fatty acids (1 g/day) for the primary prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease. We also conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of vitamin D trial (≥1000 IU/d cholecalciferol) vs. placebo and T2D risk. We analyzed 22,220 adults with mean age 67.2 years (SD = 7.1) without T2D at enrollment (2011 to 2014), randomized to vitamin D 3 or placebo. Mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.5 kg/m 2 (SD = 5.3), with 51% female and 17% Black race/ethnicity. A subcohort (n = 911) attended in-person visits at baseline and 2 years for glycemic trait analyses. 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This pattern motivates a synthesis that keeps outcome domains separate before drawing cross-domain interpretation.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"Association of Higher Dietary Omega‐3 Fatty Acid Intake With Cardiovascular‐Kidney‐Metabolic Syndrome Stage Severity and Mortality in US Adults: A Cross‐Sectional and Prospective Cohort Analysis of NHANES 1999 to 2018","year":2026,"doi":"10.1161/JAHA.125.046079","url":"https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.125.046079","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Zhang 2026","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome interlinks obesity, diabetes, kidney disease, and cardiovascular dysfunction. 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METHODS: Thirty-eight participants (12 Control, 26 DHA) completed a 12-week double-blind, placebo-controlled matched-pair trial. The Control group received high-oleic acid tablets. The DHA group received 715 mg/d of microencapsulated DHA tablets. Participants performed eccentric cycling at weeks 0 and 12, with assessments conducted pre-exercise, 0-h, 24-h, and 48-h post-exercise. The primary outcomes were DOMS (visual analogue scale) and the Omega-3 Index (O3I) (estimated by finger-stick dry blood spot). Secondary outcomes included neuromuscular function and inflammatory cytokines. RESULTS: O3I was not different between groups at week 0 but was elevated in the DHA group (∆2.43%, [95% CI; 2.10, 2.77], P < 0.001) and between Control at week 12 (P < 0.001). 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Given the unique demands faced by this tactical population, this systematic review aims to evaluate the evidence of n -3 to support physical and mental resilience and overall performance. METHODS: This review was conducted in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and includes articles that assessed n -3 status or implemented n -3 interventions in relation to physical and cognitive performance, recovery, and injury outcomes (2006 to 2024). Of the 1606 articles yielded in screening through Covidence, 755 were irrelevant, leaving 226 studies for full-text eligibility. Of those 226 studies, 165 studies were excluded, and 61 studies were included in this review. 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However, data on their combined effects in older adults with sarcopenia remain limited. OBJECTIVES: To assess feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a multicomponent intervention combining individualized home-based exercise, proteins, and/or omega-3 supplementation. DESIGN: Parallel five-armed randomized assessor-blinded controlled feasibility trial with triple-blinded supplementation. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Community-dwelling older adults (≥65 years) diagnosed with sarcopenia (EWGSOP2-criteria) from the Exercise and Nutrition for Healthy Ageing (ENHANce) study. The ENHANce study was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03649698). INTERVENTION: Participants were randomized into 5 groups: 1) Exercise, 2) Proteins, 3) Exercise+Protein, 4) Exercise+Protein+Omega-3, and 5) Control group. 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Here we aim to evaluate whether vitamin D supplementation reduces risk of T2D in a general population of older US adults. The study design is an ancillary analysis (VITAL-T2D) of The Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL), a completed randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 2 × 2 trial of daily vitamin D 3 (cholecalciferol; 2000 IU/day) and omega-3 fatty acids (1 g/day) for the primary prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease. We also conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of vitamin D trial (≥1000 IU/d cholecalciferol) vs. placebo and T2D risk. We analyzed 22,220 adults with mean age 67.2 years (SD = 7.1) without T2D at enrollment (2011 to 2014), randomized to vitamin D 3 or placebo. Mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.5 kg/m 2 (SD = 5.3), with 51% female and 17% Black race/ethnicity. A subcohort (n = 911) attended in-person visits at baseline and 2 years for glycemic trait analyses. 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Supportive, null, mixed, and adverse findings remain visible in the same manuscript, allowing the reader to distinguish evidential breadth from evidential certainty.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"Association of Higher Dietary Omega‐3 Fatty Acid Intake With Cardiovascular‐Kidney‐Metabolic Syndrome Stage Severity and Mortality in US Adults: A Cross‐Sectional and Prospective Cohort Analysis of NHANES 1999 to 2018","year":2026,"doi":"10.1161/JAHA.125.046079","url":"https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.125.046079","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Zhang 2026","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome interlinks obesity, diabetes, kidney disease, and cardiovascular dysfunction. 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Given the unique demands faced by this tactical population, this systematic review aims to evaluate the evidence of n -3 to support physical and mental resilience and overall performance. METHODS: This review was conducted in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and includes articles that assessed n -3 status or implemented n -3 interventions in relation to physical and cognitive performance, recovery, and injury outcomes (2006 to 2024). Of the 1606 articles yielded in screening through Covidence, 755 were irrelevant, leaving 226 studies for full-text eligibility. Of those 226 studies, 165 studies were excluded, and 61 studies were included in this review. 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METHODS: Thirty-eight participants (12 Control, 26 DHA) completed a 12-week double-blind, placebo-controlled matched-pair trial. The Control group received high-oleic acid tablets. The DHA group received 715 mg/d of microencapsulated DHA tablets. Participants performed eccentric cycling at weeks 0 and 12, with assessments conducted pre-exercise, 0-h, 24-h, and 48-h post-exercise. The primary outcomes were DOMS (visual analogue scale) and the Omega-3 Index (O3I) (estimated by finger-stick dry blood spot). Secondary outcomes included neuromuscular function and inflammatory cytokines. RESULTS: O3I was not different between groups at week 0 but was elevated in the DHA group (∆2.43%, [95% CI; 2.10, 2.77], P < 0.001) and between Control at week 12 (P < 0.001). 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Given the unique demands faced by this tactical population, this systematic review aims to evaluate the evidence of n -3 to support physical and mental resilience and overall performance. METHODS: This review was conducted in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and includes articles that assessed n -3 status or implemented n -3 interventions in relation to physical and cognitive performance, recovery, and injury outcomes (2006 to 2024). Of the 1606 articles yielded in screening through Covidence, 755 were irrelevant, leaving 226 studies for full-text eligibility. Of those 226 studies, 165 studies were excluded, and 61 studies were included in this review. 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However, data on their combined effects in older adults with sarcopenia remain limited. OBJECTIVES: To assess feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a multicomponent intervention combining individualized home-based exercise, proteins, and/or omega-3 supplementation. DESIGN: Parallel five-armed randomized assessor-blinded controlled feasibility trial with triple-blinded supplementation. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Community-dwelling older adults (≥65 years) diagnosed with sarcopenia (EWGSOP2-criteria) from the Exercise and Nutrition for Healthy Ageing (ENHANce) study. The ENHANce study was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03649698). INTERVENTION: Participants were randomized into 5 groups: 1) Exercise, 2) Proteins, 3) Exercise+Protein, 4) Exercise+Protein+Omega-3, and 5) Control group. 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Here we aim to evaluate whether vitamin D supplementation reduces risk of T2D in a general population of older US adults. The study design is an ancillary analysis (VITAL-T2D) of The Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL), a completed randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 2 × 2 trial of daily vitamin D 3 (cholecalciferol; 2000 IU/day) and omega-3 fatty acids (1 g/day) for the primary prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease. We also conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of vitamin D trial (≥1000 IU/d cholecalciferol) vs. placebo and T2D risk. We analyzed 22,220 adults with mean age 67.2 years (SD = 7.1) without T2D at enrollment (2011 to 2014), randomized to vitamin D 3 or placebo. Mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.5 kg/m 2 (SD = 5.3), with 51% female and 17% Black race/ethnicity. A subcohort (n = 911) attended in-person visits at baseline and 2 years for glycemic trait analyses. 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Given the unique demands faced by this tactical population, this systematic review aims to evaluate the evidence of n -3 to support physical and mental resilience and overall performance. METHODS: This review was conducted in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and includes articles that assessed n -3 status or implemented n -3 interventions in relation to physical and cognitive performance, recovery, and injury outcomes (2006 to 2024). Of the 1606 articles yielded in screening through Covidence, 755 were irrelevant, leaving 226 studies for full-text eligibility. Of those 226 studies, 165 studies were excluded, and 61 studies were included in this review. RESULTS: The results highlighted evidence-based findings in five key areas where omega-3 fatty acids are being evaluated to benefit military service members.","source_id":"source_3","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"A multicomponent intervention consisting of exercise, proteins and omega-3 supplementation to improve sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults: Lessons learned from a 5-armed randomized controlled feasibility trial","year":2026,"doi":"10.1016/j.tjfa.2025.100129","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjfa.2025.100129","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Amini 2026","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Anabolic interventions, including physical exercise, proteins and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) supplementation, have shown effectiveness in improving sarcopenia outcomes. However, data on their combined effects in older adults with sarcopenia remain limited. OBJECTIVES: To assess feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a multicomponent intervention combining individualized home-based exercise, proteins, and/or omega-3 supplementation. DESIGN: Parallel five-armed randomized assessor-blinded controlled feasibility trial with triple-blinded supplementation. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Community-dwelling older adults (≥65 years) diagnosed with sarcopenia (EWGSOP2-criteria) from the Exercise and Nutrition for Healthy Ageing (ENHANce) study. The ENHANce study was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03649698). INTERVENTION: Participants were randomized into 5 groups: 1) Exercise, 2) Proteins, 3) Exercise+Protein, 4) Exercise+Protein+Omega-3, and 5) Control group. MEASUREMENTS: Feasibility was assessed via eligibility, recruitment, retention, and data completion rates.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Vitamin D supplementation vs. placebo and incident type 2 diabetes in an ancillary study of the randomized Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s41467-025-58721-6","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58721-6","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Tobias 2025","excerpt":"Observational and experimental evidence suggests that vitamin D plays a role in type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, prior randomized supplementation trials are limited to high-risk patients with prediabetes. Here we aim to evaluate whether vitamin D supplementation reduces risk of T2D in a general population of older US adults. The study design is an ancillary analysis (VITAL-T2D) of The Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL), a completed randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 2 × 2 trial of daily vitamin D 3 (cholecalciferol; 2000 IU/day) and omega-3 fatty acids (1 g/day) for the primary prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease. We also conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of vitamin D trial (≥1000 IU/d cholecalciferol) vs. placebo and T2D risk. We analyzed 22,220 adults with mean age 67.2 years (SD = 7.1) without T2D at enrollment (2011 to 2014), randomized to vitamin D 3 or placebo. Mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.5 kg/m 2 (SD = 5.3), with 51% female and 17% Black race/ethnicity. A subcohort (n = 911) attended in-person visits at baseline and 2 years for glycemic trait analyses. Our meta-analysis included 3 additional trials (5205 participants; 936 T2D cases).","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_28","claim":"Contextual Adjacent Evidence: n=27; claims=1346; no extracted directional signal in 18/27 sources | directness: 4 direct; 11 indirect; 11 review; 1 protocol; main limitation: directionally heterogeneous.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"Association of Higher Dietary Omega‐3 Fatty Acid Intake With Cardiovascular‐Kidney‐Metabolic Syndrome Stage Severity and Mortality in US Adults: A Cross‐Sectional and Prospective Cohort Analysis of NHANES 1999 to 2018","year":2026,"doi":"10.1161/JAHA.125.046079","url":"https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.125.046079","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Zhang 2026","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome interlinks obesity, diabetes, kidney disease, and cardiovascular dysfunction. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) possess anti-inflammatory and metabolic properties potentially relevant to CKM health, yet their links to disease severity and mortality remain undefined. METHODS: This cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis included 27 934 US adults with CKM syndrome from NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) 1999 to 2018. Dietary n-3 PUFA intake (mg/kg per day) was ascertained from 2 24-hour recalls. Mortality was ascertained via linkage to the National Death Index through 2019. Cross-sectional CKM stage was analyzed using weighted ordered logistic regression. Mortality risk was evaluated using Cox models, restricted cubic splines, and weighted quantile sum regression. RESULTS: Each 10 mg/kg per day higher n-3 PUFA intake was associated with 13% lower odds of advanced CKM stage (odds ratio [OR], 0.87 [95% CI, 0.83-0.91]). Over a median 9-year follow-up (5150 deaths), a nonlinear, L-shaped relationship with all-cause mortality was observed, with a threshold at 22.35 mg/kg per day.","source_id":"source_1","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Microencapsulated docosahexaenoic acid increases the Omega-3 Index and attenuates the physiological impact of eccentric exercise in physically trained adults: a 12-week double-blind placebo-controlled trial","year":2026,"doi":"10.1007/s00394-026-03998-6","url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-026-03998-6","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Anthony 2026","excerpt":"PURPOSE: This study investigated the effects of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplementation on delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), physical function, and inflammation following eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage in physically trained male and female adults (training ≥ 5d/wk). METHODS: Thirty-eight participants (12 Control, 26 DHA) completed a 12-week double-blind, placebo-controlled matched-pair trial. The Control group received high-oleic acid tablets. The DHA group received 715 mg/d of microencapsulated DHA tablets. Participants performed eccentric cycling at weeks 0 and 12, with assessments conducted pre-exercise, 0-h, 24-h, and 48-h post-exercise. The primary outcomes were DOMS (visual analogue scale) and the Omega-3 Index (O3I) (estimated by finger-stick dry blood spot). Secondary outcomes included neuromuscular function and inflammatory cytokines. RESULTS: O3I was not different between groups at week 0 but was elevated in the DHA group (∆2.43%, [95% CI; 2.10, 2.77], P < 0.001) and between Control at week 12 (P < 0.001). DOMS was lower at 24-h and 48-h post-exercise in the DHA group and between Control at week 12 (P < 0.01).","source_id":"source_2","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Examining the Influence of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Performance, Recovery, and Injury Management for Health Optimization: A Systematic Review Focused on Military Service Members","year":2025,"doi":"10.3390/nu17020307","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17020307","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Rittenhouse 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Omega-3 fatty acids ( n -3), recognized for their anti-inflammatory and brain health benefits, are being studied to enhance cognitive function, aid physical recovery, and reduce injury rates among military service members (SMs). Given the unique demands faced by this tactical population, this systematic review aims to evaluate the evidence of n -3 to support physical and mental resilience and overall performance. METHODS: This review was conducted in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and includes articles that assessed n -3 status or implemented n -3 interventions in relation to physical and cognitive performance, recovery, and injury outcomes (2006 to 2024). Of the 1606 articles yielded in screening through Covidence, 755 were irrelevant, leaving 226 studies for full-text eligibility. Of those 226 studies, 165 studies were excluded, and 61 studies were included in this review. RESULTS: The results highlighted evidence-based findings in five key areas where omega-3 fatty acids are being evaluated to benefit military service members.","source_id":"source_3","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"A multicomponent intervention consisting of exercise, proteins and omega-3 supplementation to improve sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults: Lessons learned from a 5-armed randomized controlled feasibility trial","year":2026,"doi":"10.1016/j.tjfa.2025.100129","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjfa.2025.100129","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Amini 2026","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Anabolic interventions, including physical exercise, proteins and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) supplementation, have shown effectiveness in improving sarcopenia outcomes. However, data on their combined effects in older adults with sarcopenia remain limited. OBJECTIVES: To assess feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a multicomponent intervention combining individualized home-based exercise, proteins, and/or omega-3 supplementation. DESIGN: Parallel five-armed randomized assessor-blinded controlled feasibility trial with triple-blinded supplementation. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Community-dwelling older adults (≥65 years) diagnosed with sarcopenia (EWGSOP2-criteria) from the Exercise and Nutrition for Healthy Ageing (ENHANce) study. The ENHANce study was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03649698). INTERVENTION: Participants were randomized into 5 groups: 1) Exercise, 2) Proteins, 3) Exercise+Protein, 4) Exercise+Protein+Omega-3, and 5) Control group. MEASUREMENTS: Feasibility was assessed via eligibility, recruitment, retention, and data completion rates.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Vitamin D supplementation vs. placebo and incident type 2 diabetes in an ancillary study of the randomized Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s41467-025-58721-6","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58721-6","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Tobias 2025","excerpt":"Observational and experimental evidence suggests that vitamin D plays a role in type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, prior randomized supplementation trials are limited to high-risk patients with prediabetes. Here we aim to evaluate whether vitamin D supplementation reduces risk of T2D in a general population of older US adults. The study design is an ancillary analysis (VITAL-T2D) of The Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL), a completed randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 2 × 2 trial of daily vitamin D 3 (cholecalciferol; 2000 IU/day) and omega-3 fatty acids (1 g/day) for the primary prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease. We also conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of vitamin D trial (≥1000 IU/d cholecalciferol) vs. placebo and T2D risk. We analyzed 22,220 adults with mean age 67.2 years (SD = 7.1) without T2D at enrollment (2011 to 2014), randomized to vitamin D 3 or placebo. Mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.5 kg/m 2 (SD = 5.3), with 51% female and 17% Black race/ethnicity. A subcohort (n = 911) attended in-person visits at baseline and 2 years for glycemic trait analyses. Our meta-analysis included 3 additional trials (5205 participants; 936 T2D cases).","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_29","claim":"Quantitative findings in this class are heterogeneous and route-dependent. The full study-by-endpoint p-value matrix is tabulated in the evidence synthesis.","citation_support":[],"candidate_sources":[{"study":"Association of Higher Dietary Omega‐3 Fatty Acid Intake With Cardiovascular‐Kidney‐Metabolic Syndrome Stage Severity and Mortality in US Adults: A Cross‐Sectional and Prospective Cohort Analysis of NHANES 1999 to 2018","year":2026,"doi":"10.1161/JAHA.125.046079","url":"https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.125.046079","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Zhang 2026","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome interlinks obesity, diabetes, kidney disease, and cardiovascular dysfunction. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) possess anti-inflammatory and metabolic properties potentially relevant to CKM health, yet their links to disease severity and mortality remain undefined. METHODS: This cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis included 27 934 US adults with CKM syndrome from NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) 1999 to 2018. Dietary n-3 PUFA intake (mg/kg per day) was ascertained from 2 24-hour recalls. Mortality was ascertained via linkage to the National Death Index through 2019. Cross-sectional CKM stage was analyzed using weighted ordered logistic regression. Mortality risk was evaluated using Cox models, restricted cubic splines, and weighted quantile sum regression. RESULTS: Each 10 mg/kg per day higher n-3 PUFA intake was associated with 13% lower odds of advanced CKM stage (odds ratio [OR], 0.87 [95% CI, 0.83-0.91]). Over a median 9-year follow-up (5150 deaths), a nonlinear, L-shaped relationship with all-cause mortality was observed, with a threshold at 22.35 mg/kg per day.","source_id":"source_1","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Microencapsulated docosahexaenoic acid increases the Omega-3 Index and attenuates the physiological impact of eccentric exercise in physically trained adults: a 12-week double-blind placebo-controlled trial","year":2026,"doi":"10.1007/s00394-026-03998-6","url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-026-03998-6","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Anthony 2026","excerpt":"PURPOSE: This study investigated the effects of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplementation on delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), physical function, and inflammation following eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage in physically trained male and female adults (training ≥ 5d/wk). METHODS: Thirty-eight participants (12 Control, 26 DHA) completed a 12-week double-blind, placebo-controlled matched-pair trial. The Control group received high-oleic acid tablets. The DHA group received 715 mg/d of microencapsulated DHA tablets. Participants performed eccentric cycling at weeks 0 and 12, with assessments conducted pre-exercise, 0-h, 24-h, and 48-h post-exercise. The primary outcomes were DOMS (visual analogue scale) and the Omega-3 Index (O3I) (estimated by finger-stick dry blood spot). Secondary outcomes included neuromuscular function and inflammatory cytokines. RESULTS: O3I was not different between groups at week 0 but was elevated in the DHA group (∆2.43%, [95% CI; 2.10, 2.77], P < 0.001) and between Control at week 12 (P < 0.001). 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Given the unique demands faced by this tactical population, this systematic review aims to evaluate the evidence of n -3 to support physical and mental resilience and overall performance. METHODS: This review was conducted in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and includes articles that assessed n -3 status or implemented n -3 interventions in relation to physical and cognitive performance, recovery, and injury outcomes (2006 to 2024). Of the 1606 articles yielded in screening through Covidence, 755 were irrelevant, leaving 226 studies for full-text eligibility. Of those 226 studies, 165 studies were excluded, and 61 studies were included in this review. 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However, data on their combined effects in older adults with sarcopenia remain limited. OBJECTIVES: To assess feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a multicomponent intervention combining individualized home-based exercise, proteins, and/or omega-3 supplementation. DESIGN: Parallel five-armed randomized assessor-blinded controlled feasibility trial with triple-blinded supplementation. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Community-dwelling older adults (≥65 years) diagnosed with sarcopenia (EWGSOP2-criteria) from the Exercise and Nutrition for Healthy Ageing (ENHANce) study. The ENHANce study was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03649698). INTERVENTION: Participants were randomized into 5 groups: 1) Exercise, 2) Proteins, 3) Exercise+Protein, 4) Exercise+Protein+Omega-3, and 5) Control group. MEASUREMENTS: Feasibility was assessed via eligibility, recruitment, retention, and data completion rates.","source_id":"source_4","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"},{"study":"Vitamin D supplementation vs. placebo and incident type 2 diabetes in an ancillary study of the randomized Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s41467-025-58721-6","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58721-6","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Tobias 2025","excerpt":"Observational and experimental evidence suggests that vitamin D plays a role in type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, prior randomized supplementation trials are limited to high-risk patients with prediabetes. Here we aim to evaluate whether vitamin D supplementation reduces risk of T2D in a general population of older US adults. The study design is an ancillary analysis (VITAL-T2D) of The Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL), a completed randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 2 × 2 trial of daily vitamin D 3 (cholecalciferol; 2000 IU/day) and omega-3 fatty acids (1 g/day) for the primary prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease. We also conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of vitamin D trial (≥1000 IU/d cholecalciferol) vs. placebo and T2D risk. We analyzed 22,220 adults with mean age 67.2 years (SD = 7.1) without T2D at enrollment (2011 to 2014), randomized to vitamin D 3 or placebo. Mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.5 kg/m 2 (SD = 5.3), with 51% female and 17% Black race/ethnicity. A subcohort (n = 911) attended in-person visits at baseline and 2 years for glycemic trait analyses. Our meta-analysis included 3 additional trials (5205 participants; 936 T2D cases).","source_id":"source_5","support_kind":"candidate_source_row"}]},{"claim_id":"claim_30","claim":"Mechanistically, the clinical RCT evidence in Tobias 2025 tests whether omega-3 supplementation reduces incident type 2 diabetes in a generally well-nourished older cohort, while the mechanistic human studies consolidated in Basirat 2025 and the metabolomic/lipidomic work in Wang 2025 interrogate upstream lipid-handling pathways — triglyceride-rich lipoprotein clearance, lipoprotein subclass remodeling, and antioxidant response — that are biologically proximal to cardiometabolic risk.","citation_support":[{"source_id":"source_5","study":"Vitamin D supplementation vs. placebo and incident type 2 diabetes in an ancillary study of the randomized Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial","doi":"10.1038/s41467-025-58721-6","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58721-6","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Tobias 2025","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"primary","excerpt":"Observational and experimental evidence suggests that vitamin D plays a role in type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, prior randomized supplementation trials are limited to high-risk patients with prediabetes. Here we aim to evaluate whether vitamin D supplementation reduces risk of T2D in a general population of older US adults. The study design is an ancillary analysis (VITAL-T2D) of The Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL), a completed randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 2 × 2 trial of daily vitamin D 3 (cholecalciferol; 2000 IU/day) and omega-3 fatty acids (1 g/day) for the primary prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease. We also conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of vitamin D trial (≥1000 IU/d cholecalciferol) vs. placebo and T2D risk. We analyzed 22,220 adults with mean age 67.2 years (SD = 7.1) without T2D at enrollment (2011 to 2014), randomized to vitamin D 3 or placebo. Mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.5 kg/m 2 (SD = 5.3), with 51% female and 17% Black race/ethnicity. A subcohort (n = 911) attended in-person visits at baseline and 2 years for glycemic trait analyses. Our meta-analysis included 3 additional trials (5205 participants; 936 T2D cases)."},{"source_id":"source_6","study":"Marine-Based Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials","doi":"10.3390/nu17203279","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17203279","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Basirat 2025","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"review-level","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a set of cardiometabolic abnormalities, including central obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and hyperglycemia, that substantially increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Marine-derived omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids ( n -3 PUFAs), especially eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), may improve MetS components through triglyceride-lowering, anti-inflammatory, and insulin-sensitizing effects; however, randomized controlled trial (RCT) results remain inconsistent, and the influence of dose and intervention duration is unclear. METHODS: Following PRISMA guidelines, PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Web of Science were searched to June 2024 for RCTs in adults with MetS or its components. Eligible trials assessed marine-derived omega-3 supplementation (EPA/DHA) versus placebo or control and reported at least one MetS diagnostic criterion (triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, fasting plasma glucose, blood pressure, or waist circumference) or related parameter (LDL cholesterol, HOMA-IR, or HbA1c). Data were extracted in duplicate and quality assessed using the Cochrane Risk-of-Bias Tool."},{"source_id":"source_17","study":"Effects of Omega-3 PUFAs on lipid profiles and antioxidant response in depressed adolescents: A metabolomic and lipidomic study","doi":"10.1016/j.redox.2025.103617","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.redox.2025.103617","support_kind":"cited_as_match","cited_as":"Wang 2025","population":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","directness":"primary","excerpt":"Adolescent depression is a significant global health challenge, with many patients responding inadequately to antidepressant treatments. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω3 PUFAs) have been proposed as a potential adjunctive treatment, but their precise mechanisms remain poorly understood. This study aimed to explore the mechanisms through which ω3 PUFAs exert their antidepressant effects and to identify potential biomarkers for their therapeutic response. A comprehensive assessment of plasma metabolomic and erythrocyte membrane lipidomic was performed on 51 depressed adolescents who were randomly assigned to received either ω3 PUFAs plus paroxetine (n = 27) or paroxetine alone (n = 24) for 12 weeks. Following ω3 PUFA supplementation, phospholipid metabolism emerged as the most significantly altered pathway. ω3 PUFAs markedly influenced the composition of membrane fatty acids, significantly increasing the ω3 PUFA content, decreasing the ω6/ω3 PUFA ratio, and increasing membrane fluidity. 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Positive study-level signals are summarized in the contextual adjacent evidence, longevity, safety and comorbidity outcome classes, null signals in the contextual adjacent evidence, muscle function and cardiometabolic outcome classes, and negative signals in the immune and inflammation outcome class."},{"id":"claim_2","type":"claim","text":"Evidence-honesty note: 24/48 retained sources are coded as null or no extracted directional signal; this corpus is non-supportive for clinical efficacy claims and hypothesis-generating only. Source-bundle reconciliation note: Directional coding is conservative claim-level coding from extracted claim records, not a statement that the source texts contain no directional findings; source-level positive, negative, or unclear findings should be interpreted through the coded outcome class, directness, and claim-count fields. 39/48 retained sources are indirect, review-level, adjacent, or mechanistic and are used only to bound interpretation. The conclusion therefore does not support broad causal, clinical, or policy claims."},{"id":"claim_3","type":"claim","text":"This paper synthesizes evidence on Omega 3 longevity across 48 accepted source papers and 2985 high-confidence extracted claims."},{"id":"claim_4","type":"claim","text":"The evidence profile contains 9 direct clinical sources, 38 adjacent clinical sources, and 1 mechanistic or model-system source, with 389 cross-study disagreements across the evidence base."},{"id":"claim_5","type":"claim","text":"Positive study-level signals are summarized in the contextual adjacent evidence, longevity, safety and comorbidity outcome classes, null signals in the contextual adjacent evidence, muscle function and cardiometabolic outcome classes, and negative signals in the immune and inflammation outcome class. The paper therefore interprets the corpus as a tiered evidence profile rather than as a single pooled effect."},{"id":"claim_6","type":"claim","text":"The conclusion is that Omega 3 longevity remains a bounded geroscience case: the retained clinical and mechanistic evidence profile defines the scope for targeted testing, while mixed and null findings limit any unqualified anti-aging claim."},{"id":"claim_7","type":"claim","text":"For that reason, the manuscript does not collapse every source into a single recommendation. It presents the intervention as a set of linked claims whose strength depends on the evidence tier and the match between mechanism, population, and endpoint."},{"id":"claim_8","type":"claim","text":"This synthesis evaluates evidence on Omega 3 longevity across 48 included source papers and 2985 high-confidence extracted claims. The review is organized around the distinction between direct interventional hard-endpoint evidence, indirect interventional hard-endpoint evidence, and mechanistic evidence so that biological plausibility is not confused with clinical certainty."},{"id":"claim_9","type":"claim","text":"The corpus contains 9 direct clinical sources, 38 adjacent clinical sources, and 1 mechanistic or model-system source. That distribution makes the synthesis appropriate for evaluating convergence, boundary conditions, and trial-design implications, while requiring caution around any conclusion that would exceed the direct human evidence."},{"id":"claim_10","type":"claim","text":"The thesis is: Across 48 curated reference papers, the evidence base for omega 3 longevity shows a context-dependent profile. Positive signals appear in: contextual other, longevity. Negative signals appear in: immune. Null findings dominate: contextual other, muscle function. The synthesis surfaces 389 cross-study disagreements across outcome classes — see Cross-Domain Synthesis. The omega 3 longevity anti-aging case as currently constituted is incomplete: mechanistic plausibility coexists with mixed or sparse human-RCT evidence, and the boundary conditions remain to be established. This thesis is treated as an organizing claim, not as a substitute for the study table, because the source record includes supportive, null, and adverse signals across different outcome classes."},{"id":"claim_11","type":"claim","text":"This distinction matters for publication because it makes the paper falsifiable. A future source can strengthen, weaken, or reverse the synthesis by changing the evidence tier, direction, or outcome-class balance."},{"id":"claim_12","type":"claim","text":"The mechanistic layer is most useful when it explains why a trial signal might appear or fail to appear. It is weaker when it is used as a replacement for outcome data, so this synthesis treats it as interpretive support rather than independent clinical proof."},{"id":"claim_13","type":"claim","text":"Null findings have a specific role in this evidence model. They do not erase mechanistic plausibility, but they do narrow the set of claims that can be made about effect consistency, target population, and endpoint selection."},{"id":"claim_14","type":"claim","text":"Adverse or negative signals are likewise retained in the main interpretation. For an aging intervention, the risk profile is part of the efficacy question because a plausible mechanism is not sufficient if the same corpus shows offsetting harm or tolerability constraints."},{"id":"claim_15","type":"claim","text":"The evidence base also distinguishes breadth from certainty. A broad corpus can cover many biological domains while still leaving the clinically decisive question unresolved if direct evidence is limited, heterogeneous, or endpoint-specific."},{"id":"claim_16","type":"claim","text":"The background evidence for Omega 3 longevity is heterogeneous rather than uniformly confirmatory. Direct clinical sources such as Amini 2026, Tobias 2025, Konert 2026 are interpreted separately from mechanistic studies such as Schlogelhofer 2025, because these evidence roles answer different questions about aging biology and clinical translation."},{"id":"claim_17","type":"claim","text":"The direct evidence establishes what has been observed in human or adjacent clinical settings. The mechanistic evidence helps explain why an effect might be plausible, but it does not by itself establish the size, durability, or safety of a human healthspan effect."},{"id":"claim_18","type":"claim","text":"Across the retained sources, positive signals cluster around the contextual adjacent evidence, longevity, safety and comorbidity outcome classes; null signals around the contextual adjacent evidence, muscle function and cardiometabolic outcome classes; and negative or adverse signals around the immune and inflammation outcome class. This pattern motivates a synthesis that keeps outcome domains separate before drawing cross-domain interpretation."},{"id":"claim_19","type":"claim","text":"The study-level structure also prevents selective emphasis. Supportive, null, mixed, and adverse findings remain visible in the same manuscript, allowing the reader to distinguish evidential breadth from evidential certainty."},{"id":"claim_20","type":"claim","text":"The resulting paper is therefore a calibrated synthesis: it can identify plausible mechanisms, observed direct signals when present, unresolved tensions, and trial-design priorities without converting them into claims stronger than the retained corpus can support."},{"id":"claim_21","type":"claim","text":"The following fields were extracted from each included source: study design, population / cohort, intervention or exposure, comparator, outcome class, effect direction, effect size, confidence interval or credible interval, p-value, sample size, follow-up duration, risk-of-bias rating. Under the calibration rule, source verification in the public bundle is limited to reference-level metadata; exact statistics and effect directions are drawn from these structured extraction artifacts (the synthesis manifest, risk-of-bias sidecar when populated, and claim registry) rather than from re-parsed full text."},{"id":"claim_22","type":"claim","text":"Risk-of-bias framework assignment follows study design (RoB-2 for RCTs, ROBINS-I for non-randomised studies, AMSTAR-2 for systematic reviews / meta-analyses). Public appraisal claims are limited to populated `risk_of_bias.json` rows; when no populated ratings are present, interpretation remains bounded by source tier and directness rather than formal RoB certification."},{"id":"claim_23","type":"claim","text":"Evidence-tension synthesis: claims grouped by outcome class (cardiometabolic, contextual adjacent evidence, deficiency prevalence, dosing and pharmacokinetics, frailty, immune and inflammation, longevity, mechanism, muscle function, safety and comorbidity, skeletal, fracture, and bone); within-class agreement, disagreement, and directness gaps surfaced explicitly. Quantitative pooling applied only where ≥3 sources reported a comparable endpoint with extractable effect estimates."},{"id":"claim_24","type":"claim","text":"Source retrieval, claim extraction, evidence routing, and prose drafting were assisted by large language models under a deterministic audit-trail protocol. Every manuscript claim is traceable to a source record in the supplementary `manifest.json`. Final eligibility and interpretation decisions are author-verified."},{"id":"claim_25","type":"claim","text":"| Evidence domain | Corpus slice | Strongest signal | Directness | Main limitation |"},{"id":"claim_26","type":"claim","text":"| Contextual Adjacent Evidence | n=27; claims=1346 | no extracted directional signal in 18/27 sources | 4 direct; 11 indirect; 1 protocol; 11 review | limited corpus depth in this outcome class |"},{"id":"claim_27","type":"claim","text":"Outcome-class note:** Contextual Adjacent Evidence denotes background, boundary-condition, or adjacent-outcome sources. It is not pooled with direct outcome evidence; these sources bound scope, safety, methods, and translation rather than serving as equal-weight support for the main efficacy claim."},{"id":"claim_28","type":"claim","text":"Contextual Adjacent Evidence: n=27; claims=1346; no extracted directional signal in 18/27 sources | directness: 4 direct; 11 indirect; 11 review; 1 protocol; main limitation: directionally heterogeneous."},{"id":"claim_29","type":"claim","text":"Quantitative findings in this class are heterogeneous and route-dependent. The full study-by-endpoint p-value matrix is tabulated in the evidence synthesis."},{"id":"claim_30","type":"claim","text":"Mechanistically, the clinical RCT evidence in Tobias 2025 tests whether omega-3 supplementation reduces incident type 2 diabetes in a generally well-nourished older cohort, while the mechanistic human studies consolidated in Basirat 2025 and the metabolomic/lipidomic work in Wang 2025 interrogate upstream lipid-handling pathways — triglyceride-rich lipoprotein clearance, lipoprotein subclass remodeling, and antioxidant response — that are biologically proximal to cardiometabolic risk."},{"id":"source_1","type":"source","study":"Association of Higher Dietary Omega‐3 Fatty Acid Intake With Cardiovascular‐Kidney‐Metabolic Syndrome Stage Severity and Mortality in US Adults: A Cross‐Sectional and Prospective Cohort Analysis of NHANES 1999 to 2018","year":2026,"doi":"10.1161/JAHA.125.046079","url":"https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.125.046079","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Zhang 2026","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome interlinks obesity, diabetes, kidney disease, and cardiovascular dysfunction. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) possess anti-inflammatory and metabolic properties potentially relevant to CKM health, yet their links to disease severity and mortality remain undefined. METHODS: This cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis included 27 934 US adults with CKM syndrome from NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) 1999 to 2018. Dietary n-3 PUFA intake (mg/kg per day) was ascertained from 2 24-hour recalls. Mortality was ascertained via linkage to the National Death Index through 2019. Cross-sectional CKM stage was analyzed using weighted ordered logistic regression. Mortality risk was evaluated using Cox models, restricted cubic splines, and weighted quantile sum regression. RESULTS: Each 10 mg/kg per day higher n-3 PUFA intake was associated with 13% lower odds of advanced CKM stage (odds ratio [OR], 0.87 [95% CI, 0.83-0.91]). Over a median 9-year follow-up (5150 deaths), a nonlinear, L-shaped relationship with all-cause mortality was observed, with a threshold at 22.35 mg/kg per day."},{"id":"source_2","type":"source","study":"Microencapsulated docosahexaenoic acid increases the Omega-3 Index and attenuates the physiological impact of eccentric exercise in physically trained adults: a 12-week double-blind placebo-controlled trial","year":2026,"doi":"10.1007/s00394-026-03998-6","url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-026-03998-6","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Anthony 2026","excerpt":"PURPOSE: This study investigated the effects of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) supplementation on delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), physical function, and inflammation following eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage in physically trained male and female adults (training ≥ 5d/wk). METHODS: Thirty-eight participants (12 Control, 26 DHA) completed a 12-week double-blind, placebo-controlled matched-pair trial. The Control group received high-oleic acid tablets. The DHA group received 715 mg/d of microencapsulated DHA tablets. Participants performed eccentric cycling at weeks 0 and 12, with assessments conducted pre-exercise, 0-h, 24-h, and 48-h post-exercise. The primary outcomes were DOMS (visual analogue scale) and the Omega-3 Index (O3I) (estimated by finger-stick dry blood spot). Secondary outcomes included neuromuscular function and inflammatory cytokines. RESULTS: O3I was not different between groups at week 0 but was elevated in the DHA group (∆2.43%, [95% CI; 2.10, 2.77], P < 0.001) and between Control at week 12 (P < 0.001). DOMS was lower at 24-h and 48-h post-exercise in the DHA group and between Control at week 12 (P < 0.01)."},{"id":"source_3","type":"source","study":"Examining the Influence of Omega-3 Fatty Acids on Performance, Recovery, and Injury Management for Health Optimization: A Systematic Review Focused on Military Service Members","year":2025,"doi":"10.3390/nu17020307","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17020307","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Rittenhouse 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Omega-3 fatty acids ( n -3), recognized for their anti-inflammatory and brain health benefits, are being studied to enhance cognitive function, aid physical recovery, and reduce injury rates among military service members (SMs). Given the unique demands faced by this tactical population, this systematic review aims to evaluate the evidence of n -3 to support physical and mental resilience and overall performance. METHODS: This review was conducted in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and includes articles that assessed n -3 status or implemented n -3 interventions in relation to physical and cognitive performance, recovery, and injury outcomes (2006 to 2024). Of the 1606 articles yielded in screening through Covidence, 755 were irrelevant, leaving 226 studies for full-text eligibility. Of those 226 studies, 165 studies were excluded, and 61 studies were included in this review. RESULTS: The results highlighted evidence-based findings in five key areas where omega-3 fatty acids are being evaluated to benefit military service members."},{"id":"source_4","type":"source","study":"A multicomponent intervention consisting of exercise, proteins and omega-3 supplementation to improve sarcopenia in community-dwelling older adults: Lessons learned from a 5-armed randomized controlled feasibility trial","year":2026,"doi":"10.1016/j.tjfa.2025.100129","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjfa.2025.100129","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Amini 2026","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Anabolic interventions, including physical exercise, proteins and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) supplementation, have shown effectiveness in improving sarcopenia outcomes. However, data on their combined effects in older adults with sarcopenia remain limited. OBJECTIVES: To assess feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a multicomponent intervention combining individualized home-based exercise, proteins, and/or omega-3 supplementation. DESIGN: Parallel five-armed randomized assessor-blinded controlled feasibility trial with triple-blinded supplementation. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Community-dwelling older adults (≥65 years) diagnosed with sarcopenia (EWGSOP2-criteria) from the Exercise and Nutrition for Healthy Ageing (ENHANce) study. The ENHANce study was registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03649698). INTERVENTION: Participants were randomized into 5 groups: 1) Exercise, 2) Proteins, 3) Exercise+Protein, 4) Exercise+Protein+Omega-3, and 5) Control group. MEASUREMENTS: Feasibility was assessed via eligibility, recruitment, retention, and data completion rates."},{"id":"source_5","type":"source","study":"Vitamin D supplementation vs. placebo and incident type 2 diabetes in an ancillary study of the randomized Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s41467-025-58721-6","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58721-6","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Tobias 2025","excerpt":"Observational and experimental evidence suggests that vitamin D plays a role in type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, prior randomized supplementation trials are limited to high-risk patients with prediabetes. Here we aim to evaluate whether vitamin D supplementation reduces risk of T2D in a general population of older US adults. The study design is an ancillary analysis (VITAL-T2D) of The Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL), a completed randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 2 × 2 trial of daily vitamin D 3 (cholecalciferol; 2000 IU/day) and omega-3 fatty acids (1 g/day) for the primary prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease. We also conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of vitamin D trial (≥1000 IU/d cholecalciferol) vs. placebo and T2D risk. We analyzed 22,220 adults with mean age 67.2 years (SD = 7.1) without T2D at enrollment (2011 to 2014), randomized to vitamin D 3 or placebo. Mean body mass index (BMI) was 27.5 kg/m 2 (SD = 5.3), with 51% female and 17% Black race/ethnicity. A subcohort (n = 911) attended in-person visits at baseline and 2 years for glycemic trait analyses. Our meta-analysis included 3 additional trials (5205 participants; 936 T2D cases)."},{"id":"source_6","type":"source","study":"Marine-Based Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials","year":2025,"doi":"10.3390/nu17203279","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17203279","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Basirat 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a set of cardiometabolic abnormalities, including central obesity, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and hyperglycemia, that substantially increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. Marine-derived omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids ( n -3 PUFAs), especially eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), may improve MetS components through triglyceride-lowering, anti-inflammatory, and insulin-sensitizing effects; however, randomized controlled trial (RCT) results remain inconsistent, and the influence of dose and intervention duration is unclear. METHODS: Following PRISMA guidelines, PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Web of Science were searched to June 2024 for RCTs in adults with MetS or its components. Eligible trials assessed marine-derived omega-3 supplementation (EPA/DHA) versus placebo or control and reported at least one MetS diagnostic criterion (triglycerides, HDL cholesterol, fasting plasma glucose, blood pressure, or waist circumference) or related parameter (LDL cholesterol, HOMA-IR, or HbA1c). Data were extracted in duplicate and quality assessed using the Cochrane Risk-of-Bias Tool."},{"id":"source_7","type":"source","study":"High-protein oral nutritional supplement use in patients with cancer reduces complications and length of hospital stay: a systematic review and meta-analysis","year":2025,"doi":"10.3389/fnut.2025.1654637","url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2025.1654637","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Delsoglio 2025","excerpt":"INTRODUCTION: Oral nutritional supplements (ONS) have been reported to improve nutritional status, quality of life and clinical outcomes in many patient groups. This systematic review investigated the effects of high-protein ONS (HPONS), ≥20% energy from protein, on clinical outcomes in cancer patients. METHODS: A systematic review (searches to January 2025) identified 32 publications reporting results from 29 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) ( n = 2,279) of HPONS (mean daily intake 580 kcal, 34 g protein, ranging from 5 to 365 days) alongside dietary intake in patients with gastrointestinal (GI) (14RCTs), lung (4RCTs), head and neck (4RCTs), liver (2RCTs), breast (1RCT), and mixed (4RCTs) cancers across hospital and community undergoing surgery, chemotherapy, and/or radiotherapy. Studies reporting relevant outcomes (complications, length of hospital stay (LOS), hospital readmissions, and mortality) were pooled into a meta-analysis (Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software v4)."},{"id":"source_8","type":"source","study":"Synbiotic Supplementation with Probiotics and Omega-3 Fatty Acids Enhances Upper-Body Muscle Strength in Elite Swimmers: Evidence for Gut–Muscle Axis Modulation During Race-Pace Training","year":2025,"doi":"10.3390/nu17182959","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17182959","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Imanian 2025","excerpt":"Background: The gut-muscle axis is believed to influence training adaptations through microbiota-derived signals and the regulation of inflammation, but evidence in elite swimmers is limited and mixed. This study aims to determine whether synbiotic supplementation (probiotics + omega-3) combined with ultra-short race-pace training (USRPT) improves sprint-related upper-body strength. Methods: In a randomized, double-blind, 8-week trial of male elite sprint freestyle swimmers, participants completed USRPT and were allocated to either synbiotic supplementation or its single-component arms (probiotic or omega-3) or placebo. Primary outcomes indexed dynamic/explosive strength (isokinetic shoulder torque and power at 180°/s, rate of force development, time-to-peak torque); secondary outcomes included maximal strength (MVIC; 60°/s) and field/strength-endurance tests (dead-hang, handgrip, medicine-ball throw). Analyses reported p -values with effect sizes."},{"id":"source_9","type":"source","study":"Association between omega-3 fatty acid intake and risk of diabetic retinopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis","year":2025,"doi":"10.1016/j.jnha.2025.100632","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnha.2025.100632","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Chen 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Diabetic Retinopathy is a significant microvascular complication of diabetes mellitus characterized by progressive damage to the retinal vasculature. Current management strategies focus on modifying risk factors and treating established disease. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) demonstrate anti-inflammatory, antioxidative, and vasculoprotective properties. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the protective effects of omega-3 fatty acids on DR incidence, progression, and microvascular health across diverse diabetic populations. METHODS: A comprehensive literature search was conducted via PubMed, EBSCO Open Research, ScienceDirect, Wiley Online Library, and Google Scholar. A reviewer screened the potential articles against prespecified eligibility criteria. The risk of bias in the eligible studies was then evaluated using the Newcastle Ottawa Scale (NOS), a Risk of Bias visualization tool developed by the Cochrane Collaboration (ROB 2.0). Data were then systematically extracted and analyzed. RESULTS: Fourteen studies involving 139,879 participants were analyzed."},{"id":"source_10","type":"source","study":"Effects of omega-3 fatty acids on chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis","year":2025,"doi":"10.3389/fmed.2025.1654661","url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1654661","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Xie 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Chronic pain afflicts approximately 20% of the global adult population and is frequently undertreated, with available pharmacologic options often associated with significant long-term adverse effects. Although omega-3 fatty acids are known for their anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects, current clinical evidence regarding their efficacy in pain management remains inconclusive. OBJECTIVE: To determine how well omega-3 fatty acids reduce chronic pain, and to investigate how factors like disease type, dosage, treatment duration, and study design influence their effectiveness. METHODS: We searched four databases (PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science) from inception to 14 February 2025 with no language restrictions. Forty-one randomised controlled trials (RCTs; n = 3,759) met predefined criteria. Risk of bias was assessed with RoB 2. Pooled standardised mean differences (SMDs) for pain intensity were obtained through random-effects meta-analyses. Subgroup, sensitivity, and publication-bias analyses were also conducted."},{"id":"source_11","type":"source","study":"A systematic review and dose response meta analysis of Omega 3 supplementation on cognitive function","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-025-16129-8","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-16129-8","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Shahinfar 2025","excerpt":"The dose-dependent effects of omega-3 supplementation on cognitive function remain unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between omega-3 dosage and cognitive outcomes in adults. A systematic search was conducted in PubMed, Scopus, and ISI Web of Science up to December 2024. Only randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were included. For each trial, we estimated the change in cognitive function per 2000 mg/day increment in omega-3 supplementation. Standardized mean differences (SMDs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using a random-effects model. Dose-dependent effects were assessed through a dose-response meta-analysis of mean differences. The certainty of the evidence was evaluated using the GRADE approach. In total, 58 studies met the inclusion criteria. Each 2000 mg/d omega-3 supplementation showed a significant improvement in attention (SMD: 0.98; 95%CI: 0.41,1.54; GRADE = low), perceptual speed (SMD: 0.50; 95%CI: 0.05,0.95; GRADE = moderate) language (SMD: 0.98; 95%CI: 0.41,1.54; GRADE = low), primary memory (SMD: 0.87; 95%CI: 0.17,1.56; GRADE = moderate), visuospatial functions (SMD: 0.86; 95%CI: 0.46,1."},{"id":"source_12","type":"source","study":"The effects of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on muscle and whole-body protein synthesis: a systematic review and meta-analysis","year":2024,"doi":"10.1093/nutrit/nuae055","url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuae055","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Therdyothin 2024","excerpt":"CONTEXT: Sarcopenia describes the age-related decline in skeletal muscle mass and strength that is driven, at least in part, by an imbalance between rates of muscle protein synthesis (MPS) and muscle protein breakdown. An expanding body of literature has examined the effect of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (n-3 PUFA) ingestion on MPS rates in older adults, with mixed findings. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to investigate the effectiveness of n-3 PUFA ingestion in stimulating rates of MPS and whole-body protein synthesis in healthy adults and clinical populations. DATA SOURCES: Searches were conducted of the PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and Scopus databases from inception until December 2022 for articles on randomized controlled trials comparing the effect of n-3 PUFA ingestion vs a control or placebo on rates of MPS and whole-body protein synthesis. The search yielded 302 studies, of which 8 were eligible for inclusion. DATA EXTRACTION: The random effects inverse-variance model was used and standardized mean differences (SMDs) with 95%CIs were calculated to assess the pooled effect."},{"id":"source_13","type":"source","study":"Effect of 21-Day Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation on Exercise-Induced Secretory Factors and Inflammation Status in Young Men: A Randomized Double-Blind Trial","year":2026,"doi":"10.3390/nu18030539","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nu18030539","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Konert 2026","excerpt":"Objectives : The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of 21-day dietary omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on the levels of postexercise inflammation response, oxidative stress, and selected exerkine secretion among physically active young men. Methods : In a randomized double-blind study, 24 physically active men were assigned to two groups: a supplementation group (n = 12), receiving 3250 mg of n -3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) daily, and a placebo group (n = 12). Blood samples were collected before and after twenty-one days of dietary supplementation to measure total fatty acids and inflammatory markers, including IL-1β, IL-6, IL-10, BDNF, and FGF23. Results : After 21 days of n -3 fatty acid supplementation, there were no significant changes in anaerobic performance parameters. However, significant interactions were found in the systemic immune-inflammation index (SII), FGF-23, IL-1β, IL-1Ra, IL-6, and IL-10 in response to exercise and supplementation. Conclusions : 21 days of n -3 fatty acid supplementation modified PUFA content and influenced inflammation status, but did not affect maximal anaerobic performance."},{"id":"source_14","type":"source","study":"The Role of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Supplementation in Postoperative Recovery of Colorectal Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis","year":2026,"doi":"10.3390/nu18010173","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nu18010173","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Li 2026","excerpt":"Compared to controls, the ω-3 PUFAs group showed significantly increased levels of nutritional markers: total protein ( p < 0.00001), albumin ( p = 0.001); immunological parameters: CD3 + /CD4 + /CD8 + T-cells, CD4 + /CD8 + ratio (all p < 0.0001); Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS) scores ( p = 0.04); and serum ω-3 PUFA concentrations ( p = 0.0004). Significant reductions were observed in inflammatory markers, such as procalcitonin, C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) ( p = 0.004 to < 0.00001); and clinical outcomes, such as hospitalization duration ( p < 0.00001), infectious complications ( p < 0.00001), anastomotic leakage ( p = 0.0005), surgical site infections ( p = 0.03)."},{"id":"source_15","type":"source","study":"Comparative Effects of Dietary Protein, Creatine, and Omega-3 Supplementation on Muscle Strength, Endurance, and Recovery in Trained Athletes: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis","year":2026,"doi":"10.3390/nu18060909","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nu18060909","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Wang 2026","excerpt":"This systematic review and network meta-analysis aimed to compare the effects of dietary protein, creatine, and omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on muscle strength, endurance performance, and recovery outcomes in trained athletes. A comprehensive literature search across MEDLINE, Embase, Cochrane CENTRAL, Web of Science, SPORTDiscus, and Scopus identified randomized controlled trials evaluating these supplements in individuals engaged in structured training for a minimum of six months. Network meta-analysis employing a frequentist random-effects model synthesized direct and indirect evidence, with treatment rankings determined using Surface Under the Cumulative Ranking curve probabilities. The analysis incorporated 35 trials enrolling 1211 participants. Creatine supplementation demonstrated superior effects for muscle strength (SMD = 0.46, 95% CI: 0.29 to 0.63, SUCRA = 82.4%), protein supplementation proved most effective for endurance performance (SMD = 0.28, 95% CI: 0.08 to 0.48, SUCRA = 85.2%), and omega-3 supplementation yielded the greatest benefits for recovery outcomes (SMD = 0.40, 95% CI: 0.18 to 0.62, SUCRA = 88.7%)."},{"id":"source_16","type":"source","study":"Factors associated with adherence to allocated treatment in the ASCEND trial: a mail-based randomised trial of aspirin and of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation in people with diabetes","year":2026,"doi":"10.1186/s13063-026-09551-4","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-026-09551-4","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Madurasinghe 2026","excerpt":"INTRODUCTION: ASCEND assessed the effects of randomisation to aspirin versus placebo and, separately omega-3 fatty acid (FA) supplementation versus placebo on vascular events in 15480 adults with diabetes using mail-based remote methods. This analysis investigates factors associated with adherence to the allocated treatments. METHODS: Adherence was estimated from the 6-monthly follow-up forms and the supply of study treatment packs. A binary adherence variable, full versus less than full adherence during the period at risk of a serious vascular event (SVE), was investigated using logistic regression. Potential predictors of adherence considered were sex, age at randomisation, Hospital Frailty Risk Score, ethnicity, Townsend index, smoking status, type of diabetes, predicted 5-year vascular risk, number of other medications reported at study entry and treatment allocation. RESULTS: Seven thousand, three hundred twelve (47.2%) participants were fully adherent to aspirin/placebo and 8937 (57.7%) were fully adherent to omega-3 FA/placebo while at risk of a SVE. Women were less likely to be fully adherent than men (aspirin randomisation: 2509 [43.3%] vs. 4803 [49.6%]; OR, 0."},{"id":"source_17","type":"source","study":"Effects of Omega-3 PUFAs on lipid profiles and antioxidant response in depressed adolescents: A metabolomic and lipidomic study","year":2025,"doi":"10.1016/j.redox.2025.103617","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.redox.2025.103617","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Wang 2025","excerpt":"Adolescent depression is a significant global health challenge, with many patients responding inadequately to antidepressant treatments. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω3 PUFAs) have been proposed as a potential adjunctive treatment, but their precise mechanisms remain poorly understood. This study aimed to explore the mechanisms through which ω3 PUFAs exert their antidepressant effects and to identify potential biomarkers for their therapeutic response. A comprehensive assessment of plasma metabolomic and erythrocyte membrane lipidomic was performed on 51 depressed adolescents who were randomly assigned to received either ω3 PUFAs plus paroxetine (n = 27) or paroxetine alone (n = 24) for 12 weeks. Following ω3 PUFA supplementation, phospholipid metabolism emerged as the most significantly altered pathway. ω3 PUFAs markedly influenced the composition of membrane fatty acids, significantly increasing the ω3 PUFA content, decreasing the ω6/ω3 PUFA ratio, and increasing membrane fluidity. Notably, ω3 PUFAs reduced lipid peroxidation in both plasma and cell membranes while enhancing antioxidant capacity in the membranes."},{"id":"source_18","type":"source","study":"Relationship Between Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Glaucoma Risk in Patients With Dry Eye Disease: A Multinational Retrospective Cohort Study","year":2026,"doi":"10.1167/tvst.15.6.2","url":"https://doi.org/10.1167/tvst.15.6.2","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Pan 2026","excerpt":"PURPOSE: To evaluate whether omega-3 fatty acid supplementation is linked to a reduced glaucoma risk in individuals with dry eye disease. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study included adults with dry eye disease from a multinational database between 2013 and 2023. Individuals who received omega-3 were classified into the omega-3 group, and individuals who never received omega-3 were defined as the control group. The omega-3 and control groups were 1:1 propensity score matched for age, sex, race, smoking status, comorbidities, and corticosteroid use. Incident total glaucoma, ocular hypertension, primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), normal-tension glaucoma, primary angle-closure glaucoma, and the use of first-line glaucoma medications were observed across a 5-year follow-up period. RESULTS: A total of 14,168 participants with dry eye disease were included in the final analysis. Compared with the control group, individuals who received omega-3 fatty acid prescriptions experienced lower risks of total glaucoma (hazard ratio [HR], 0.48; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.42-0.54), ocular hypertension (HR, 0.57; 95% CI, 0.43-0.75), POAG (HR, 0.45; 95% CI, 0.33-0."},{"id":"source_19","type":"source","study":"Potential ocular health benefit of short-term omega-3 fatty acids supplementation on the ocular tear film: An observational study","year":2026,"doi":"10.1097/MD.0000000000046566","url":"https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000046566","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Almutairi 2026","excerpt":"Omega-3 fatty acids can reduce inflammation and, as a result, decrease the production of inflammatory mediators. The study aimed to evaluate the short-term effects of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on the tear film. Fifty subjects aged 18 to 27 years were recruited. All subjects received 2 soft gels of molecularly distilled omega-3 fatty acids for 3 consecutive days. A control age-matched group of 50 subjects was included for comparison. The standard patient evaluation of eye dryness (SPEED) questionnaire was completed, followed by the noninvasive tear breakup time (NITBUT), tear meniscus height (TMH), and tear ferning (TF) tests. The first measurements were taken before the supplement was consumed, and the second measurements were taken 24 hours after the third dose of omega-3 fatty acids was administered. The control group subjects did not get omega-3, with measurements on days 1 and 4. Significant (Wilcoxon signed-rank test) differences were found in the median scores of the SPEED (P <.001), NITBUT (P <.001), and TF (P = .040) before and after the consumption of omega-3 fatty acids. However, consuming omega-3 fatty acids showed no significant difference in TMH score."},{"id":"source_20","type":"source","study":"Effect of omega-3 supplementation on metabolic and inflammatory markers in adults with HIV infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis","year":2026,"doi":"10.3389/fnut.2026.1746723","url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2026.1746723","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Bai 2026","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: People living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection frequently exhibit altered lipid profiles and persistent inflammation that contribute to long-term morbidity. Omega-3 fatty acids are commonly recommended in this population, but the magnitude and consistency of their benefits remain uncertain. This study aimed to precisely re-estimate the effects of omega-3 supplementation compared with control on selected metabolic (lipid profile) and inflammatory biomarkers (C-reactive protein, CRP), IL-6, and TNF- α in adults with HIV. METHODS: We searched PubMed/MEDLINE, Web of Science, and Scopus databases from 1965 to September 2025 for randomized trials reporting lipid or inflammatory biomarkers in adults with HIV. Eligible studies included participants aged 18 years or older and provided the exact numeric triplets required for reproduction (N, mean change or endpoint, and SD). Risk of bias was assessed using RoB 2. All analyses, figures, funnel plots, Egger and Begg tests, and subgroup tests were reproduced exactly from the investigator-supplied Stata 17.0."},{"id":"source_21","type":"source","study":"Low HS-Omega-3 index as a predictor of severe postoperative complications in abdominal surgery: a prospective observational study","year":2025,"doi":"10.1097/JS9.0000000000003039","url":"https://doi.org/10.1097/JS9.0000000000003039","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Mueller 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Omega-3 supplementation may reduce postoperative complications, but variability in formulations and lack of standardized monitoring limit its use. The HS-Omega-3 Index® offers a standardized measure of omega-3 status, but its role in surgical outcomes remains unexamined. This pilot prospective observational study investigated the association between preoperative HS-Omega-3 Index® and postoperative complications in patients undergoing major gastrointestinal or hepatobiliary surgeries, adopting a broad approach to assess its relevance. METHOD: This study included 269 patients undergoing elective gastrointestinal or hepatobiliary surgery between November 2020 and February 2023, excluding those receiving preoperative parenteral nutrition and other predefined criteria. Preoperative HS-Omega-3 Index® levels were measured and correlated with postoperative complications using the Clavien-Dindo (CD) classification. Logistic regression analysis, adjusted for confounders such as age, smoking status, sarcopenia, and visceral obesity, assessed the association between the HS-Omega-3 Index® and severe complications (CD≥3)."},{"id":"source_22","type":"source","study":"Preliminary evaluation on the effect of oral omega-3 supplementation from herring caviar oil in primary open-angle glaucoma patients","year":2025,"doi":"10.1007/s10792-025-03693-1","url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-025-03693-1","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Luo 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: The study aimed to assess the neuroprotective effect of phospholipid-rich omega-3 fatty acids from herring caviar oil in POAG patients with intraocular pressure (IOP) control. METHODS: A single-center, observational, short-term, preliminary evaluation of three months was conducted. Fifty eyes of POAG patients with IOP were included and divided into the control group (n = 31) and the intervention group (n = 19) receiving one capsule of omega-3 fatty acids supplementation per day. All the participants underwent comprehensive clinical assessment at baseline and 3 months, including best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), IOP, visual field (VF) test, optical coherence tomography (OCT). Primary outcomes were median deviation (MD) and pattern standard deviation (PSD) scores of VF, while secondary outcomes included BCVA, IOP, retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFLT) of OCT, and adverse events. RESULTS: At baseline, no significant differences were observed between the 50 patients in terms of age, sex, antiglaucomatous medications, BCVA, IOP, VF, or RNFLT. After three months, the intervention group exhibited a statistically significant improvement in MD value (p = 0.01)."},{"id":"source_23","type":"source","study":"Association between non-adherence to fish oil or placebo as a risk factor of transition to psychosis in ultra-high-risk individuals in the NEURAPRO study","year":2025,"doi":"10.1177/00048674251361758","url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00048674251361758","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Schlogelhofer 2025","excerpt":"OBJECTIVE: Non-adherence is an important factor in clinical trials, which has not been investigated in people at ultra-high risk (UHR) of developing a first episode of psychosis. METHODS: Exploratory analysis of data from NEURAPRO, a multicenter, placebo-controlled trial of long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (omega-3 PUFAs) in 304 individuals at UHR. We examined correlates of non-adherence with study medication (omega-3 PUFAs or placebo), including patient, illness and treatment factors, plus transition to psychosis. Non-adherence was defined as <75% study medication intake over 6 months and, post hoc, by the number of returned pills. RESULTS: Of 285 randomized participants with baseline fatty acid data, 163 (57.2%) were non-adherent. In univariate analyses, non-adherence was associated with baseline omega-3 index, pre-baseline duration of untreated symptoms, smoking, cannabis use, lower baseline Social and Occupational Functioning Assessment Scale, Global Functioning: Social and Role Scale scores and transition to psychosis. Transition to psychosis risk was significantly lower in the adherent than non-adherent group (4.2%, 95% CI = 0.7-7.7% vs 17.3%, 95% CI = 10.4-24."},{"id":"source_24","type":"source","study":"The effect of omega-3 supplementation on metabolic, inflammatory and oxidative stress biomarkers in pregnant women: a systematic review and meta-analysis","year":2025,"doi":"10.3389/fnut.2025.1639906","url":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2025.1639906","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Saadh 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: This meta-analysis evaluates the effects of omega-3 supplementation on metabolic, inflammatory, and oxidative stress in pregnancy women by synthesizing findings from randomized controlled trials (RCTs), as existing evidence remains inconclusive. METHODS: A systematic search was conducted using PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science until July 2024. Random-effects models were applied to estimate each outcome's standardized mean difference (SMD) and 95% confidence intervals (CI). RESULTS: A total of 14 studies were included in the meta-analysis. The duration of omega-3 supplementation ranged from 6 to 29 weeks. Omega-3 supplementation did not have a significant effect on FBS (SMD = -0.74, 95% CI: -1.94, 0.45), and insulin (SMD = -0.76, 95% CI: -1.77, 0.24), TC (SMD = 0.11, 95% CI: -0.20, 0.42), and LDL-C (SMD = 0.32, 95% CI: -0.17, 0.81), IL-6 (SMD = 2.12, 95% CI: -0.56, 4.80), MDA (SMD = -1.67, 95% CI: -3.39, 0.05), and TAC (SMD = 2.59, 95% CI: -0.37, 5.54). However, triglyceride (SMD = -0.96, 95% CI: -1.77, -0.16) and CRP (SMD = -0.98, 95% CI: -1.86, -0.11) significantly decreased, and HDL-C cholesterol levels significantly increased (SMD = 0.72, 95% CI: 0.21, 1."},{"id":"source_25","type":"source","study":"Effects of vitamin D3, omega-3 fatty acids and a simple home exercise program on change in physical activity among generally healthy and active older adults: The 3-year DO-HEALTH trial","year":2025,"doi":"10.1016/j.jnha.2025.100528","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnha.2025.100528","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Hussein 2025","excerpt":"OBJECTIVES: Physical function and physical activity (PA) are key drivers of health and autonomy at older age. We examined the effects of supplemental vitamin D3, supplemental marine omega-3 fatty acids (omega-3s), and a simple home exercise program (SHEP), alone or in combination, on change in physical function and PA among generally healthy older adults. DESIGN: Multi-center, 2 × 2 × 2 factorial design, randomized controlled trial, follow-up of three years METHODS: Self-reported PA and physical function were pre-defined outcomes of the DO-HEALTH trial, which included older adults (≥70 years) free of major comorbidities. The interventions were vitamin D3 (2000 IU/d), marine omega-3s (1 g/d), and a SHEP (3 × 30 min/wk), applied alone or in combination in eight treatment arms. The outcomes were change in PA (self-reported total PA, metabolic equivalent [MET] h/wk) and physical function (five times sit-to-stand test, hand grip strength, gait speed) from baseline to 12, 24 and 36 months. Mixed effect models were used and adjusted for age, sex, BMI, prior fall, time and baseline level of the outcome."},{"id":"source_26","type":"source","study":"Efficacy of Omega-3 supplementation in olfactory dysfunction: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials","year":2025,"doi":"10.1186/s40795-025-01114-1","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-025-01114-1","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Alzahrani 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Olfactory dysfunction (OD) significantly impacts patients' quality of life, yet effective treatments are limited. Omega-3 fatty acids have shown promise in improving olfactory function, but further research is needed to evaluate their efficacy. AIMS/OBJECTIVES: This systematic review aimed to assess the effects of omega-3 supplementation on OD. METHODS: A comprehensive search identified randomized controlled trials investigating omega-3 supplementation in OD patients. Inclusion criteria involved adult patients receiving omega-3 fatty acids and undergoing olfactory function assessments. RESULTS: Three studies with 175 participants were included. Two studies reported omega-3's protective effect against olfactory loss over three months. However, a trial on COVID-19 patients found no significant improvement in olfactory function. CONCLUSIONS: Omega-3 supplementation, along with olfactory training or nasal rinses, appears to improve olfactory function in OD patients. However, further research is needed to evaluate its standalone efficacy. Omega-3 fatty acids offer a potential therapy for OD, warranting optimization and long-term effects investigation."},{"id":"source_27","type":"source","study":"Anti-inflammatory interventions for the treatment and prevention of depression among older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s41398-025-03317-3","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-025-03317-3","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Gong 2025","excerpt":"Recent evidence from clinical and animal studies with anti-inflammatory agents in depression is conflicting. One possible reason is the heterogeneity of baseline inflammation levels. Since older adults are generally associated with chronic low-grade inflammation and depression is one of the most common mental disorders in this population, this meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the therapeutic and preventative effects of anti-inflammatory interventions for depression among older adults. PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, and PsycINFO were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) up to November 18, 2024. The primary outcomes were mean change scores of depression scores and incidences of depression after treatment. Pooled standard mean differences (SMDs) and odds ratios (ORs) including 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated. Of 3116 screened articles, 31 RCTs met the inclusion criteria, with 25 studies investigating efficacy and 7 studies investigating the incidence following anti-inflammatory treatment. Anti-inflammatory interventions were statistically significantly more effective than placebo in reducing depressive scores for older adults with depression (SMD = -0."},{"id":"source_28","type":"source","study":"Study Protocol and Baseline Cardiometabolic Characterization of the RIO-Study (Response to an Intervention with Omega-3): A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial on Lipid and Inflammatory Profiles in Overweight and Obese Adults with Hypertriglyceridemia in Valdivia, Chile","year":2025,"doi":"10.3390/nu17213397","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17213397","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Enriquez 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with metabolic syndrome and its risk factors contributing substantially to cases in Latin America. In southern Chile, obesity, dyslipidemia, and sedentary behavior are highly prevalent, yet comprehensive baseline data on these factors are scarce. Establishing regional cardiometabolic profiles is crucial to inform prevention strategies. OBJECTIVE: To describe the RIO-Study protocol and characterize the baseline cardiometabolic profile of adults from Valdivia, southern Chile. METHODS: The RIO-Study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover clinical trial evaluating the effects of nutritional doses of seaweed-derived omega-3 fatty acids on lipid metabolism, inflammation, and molecular lipid regulators in adults with overweight/obesity. The protocol includes a standardized high-fat breakfast challenge and repeated postprandial blood sampling to assess dynamic lipid responses. Screening procedures comprised blood pressure measurement, fasting blood sampling, body composition by bioelectrical impedance, and health and lifestyle questionnaires."},{"id":"source_29","type":"source","study":"Effect of vitamin D, omega‐3 supplementation, or a home exercise program on muscle mass and sarcopenia: DO‐HEALTH trial","year":2024,"doi":"10.1111/jgs.19266","url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.19266","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Eggimann 2024","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: We aimed to investigate the effect of daily supplemental vitamin D, omega-3s, and a thrice-weekly home exercise program, alone or in combination, on change of appendicular lean muscle mass index (ALMI) and incident sarcopenia in older adults. METHODS: This is a secondary endpoint analysis of a 3-year randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial design among 2157 community-dwelling, healthy adults aged 70 + years, from 2012 to 2018 (DO-HEALTH). Participants were randomized to 2000 IU/d vitamin D and/or 1 g/d marine omega-3s and/or exercise. Change in ALMI over 3 years was calculated in all participants who underwent dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) (n = 1495) using mixed effect models. Incident sarcopenia was analyzed based on the Sarcopenia Definitions and Outcomes Consortium in all non-sarcopenic participants (n = 1940). RESULTS: Among 1495 participants (mean age 74.9 (sd 4.4); 63.3% were women; 80.5% were at least moderately physically active at baseline) mean gait speed at baseline was 1.2 m/s (sd 0.3), mean ALMI at baseline was 6.65 (SD 0.95) in women, and 8.01 (SD 0.88) kg/m 2 in men. At year 3, average change of ALMI was -0."},{"id":"source_30","type":"source","study":"Synergistic Effects of Probiotic and Omega-3 Supplementation with Ultra-Short Race Pace Training on Sprint Swimming Performance","year":2025,"doi":"10.3390/nu17142296","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17142296","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Maymandinejad 2025","excerpt":"Background : Optimal nutrition and training regimens are essential for athletes to maximize performance and recovery. Probiotic supplementation, through the modulation of the gut microbiota, and omega-3 fatty acids, known for their anti-inflammatory properties, may enhance physiological adaptations when combined with targeted training. This study evaluated the effects of probiotics and omega-3 supplementation, alongside ultra-short race pace training (USRPT), on performance metrics in competitive sprint swimmers. Methods : In this double-blind, placebo-controlled study, 60 male sprint swimmers (age: 19.2 ± 3.6 years; height: 182.2 ± 5.2 cm; weight: 81.6 ± 4.4 kg) with a minimum of five years of training experience, were randomly assigned to six groups (n = 10 per group): (1) Control (CON), (2) USRPT only, (3) Placebo + USRPT (PLA + USRPT), (4) Probiotics + USRPT (PRO + USRPT), (5) Omega-3 + USRPT (OMEGA + USRPT), and (6) Probiotics + Omega-3 + USRPT (PRO + OMEGA + USRPT). Over the eight-week intervention, the participants in PRO + USRPT consumed one multi-strain probiotic capsule daily (4.5 × 10 11 CFU) and a placebo capsule."},{"id":"source_31","type":"source","study":"Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid exposure and cardiovascular outcomes in dialysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis","year":2026,"doi":"10.1080/14796678.2026.2645005","url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14796678.2026.2645005","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Shokravi 2026","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Patients with dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease (CKD) have a high cardiovascular burden, prompting interest in fish oils or long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) as potential risk-reducing therapies in this population. METHODS: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies in adults receiving dialysis that assessed associations between n-3 PUFA supplementation, baseline levels, or dietary intake and CV outcomes, or all-cause mortality. Hazard ratios (HRs) were pooled using random-effects models. RESULTS: Twelve studies met inclusion criteria. In hemodialysis-dependent CKD, fish oil supplementation lowered cardiovascular events by 44% (HR 0.56; 95% CI 0.46-0.68) and myocardial infarction by 48% (HR 0.52; 95% CI 0.34-0.78). Higher baseline n-3 PUFA levels were associated with a 31% reduction in all-cause mortality (HR 0.69; 95% CI 0.54-0.88). Higher dietary n-3 PUFA intake showed a non-significant trend toward lower all-cause mortality (HR 0.92; 95% CI 0.79-1.08)."},{"id":"source_32","type":"source","study":"Associations Between Dietary Intakes of Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Blood Levels, and Pain Interference in People with Migraine: A Path Analysis of Randomized Trial Data","year":2025,"doi":"10.3390/nu18010003","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nu18010003","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Park 2025","excerpt":"Background/Objectives: Increasing evidence supports the hypothesis that dietary intervention can improve pain among individuals with headaches, including migraine, a highly prevalent condition that can be disabling. Non-pharmacologic treatments for migraine are particularly attractive. In this secondary analysis of 182 participants enrolled in a randomized controlled trial of a dietary intervention designed to increase omega-3 ( n -3) compared with a control diet, we examined the effects of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), both thought to decrease inflammatory processes. Methods: Path models with two time points (baseline and 16 weeks after randomization), were used to test the relationships between exposures of n -3 blood levels and self-reported dietary intake on outcomes of pain interference using the PROMIS pain interference scale and the Headache Impact Test (HIT-6). Model building was based on our published conceptual model. Results: Good fit was demonstrated for both models (EPA model: CFI = 0.984, RMSEA = 0.039, and SRMR = 0.045; DHA model: CFI = 0.981, RMSEA = 0.040, and SRMR = 0.040)."},{"id":"source_33","type":"source","study":"The Effects of Omega-3 Supplementation Combined with Strength Training on Neuro-Biomarkers, Inflammatory and Antioxidant Responses, and the Lipid Profile in Physically Healthy Adults","year":2025,"doi":"10.3390/nu17132088","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17132088","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Okut 2025","excerpt":"Objectives: This study aimed to comprehensively investigate the physiological effects of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation combined with resistance training on the lipid profile, inflammatory and antioxidant responses, neuro-biomarkers, and physical performance parameters in physically healthy young adults. Methods: Thirty physically active male participants were randomly assigned to an experimental group (omega-3 + resistance training) or a control group (resistance training only). Over eight weeks, both groups performed a standardized resistance training program three times per week. The experimental group additionally received 3150 mg/day of omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA). Pre- and post-intervention assessments included blood biomarkers (LDL, HDL, triglycerides, IL-6, TNF-α, CRP, GSH, MDA, BDNF, serotonin, and dopamine) and physical performance tests (1RM, CMJ, RSI, 10 m sprint, and Illinois agility). Results: The experimental group showed significant improvements in the lipid profile, with decreases in LDL and triglyceride levels and an increase in HDL levels."},{"id":"source_34","type":"source","study":"Individual and additive effects of vitamin D, omega-3 and exercise on DNA methylation clocks of biological aging in older adults from the DO-HEALTH trial","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s43587-024-00793-y","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-024-00793-y","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Bischoff-Ferrari 2025","excerpt":"While observational studies and small pilot trials suggest that vitamin D, omega-3 and exercise may slow biological aging, larger clinical trials testing these treatments individually or in combination are lacking. Here, we report the results of a post hoc analysis among 777 participants of the DO-HEALTH trial on the effect of vitamin D (2,000 IU per day) and/or omega-3 (1 g per day) and/or a home exercise program on four next-generation DNA methylation (DNAm) measures of biological aging (PhenoAge, GrimAge, GrimAge2 and DunedinPACE) over 3 years. Omega-3 alone slowed the DNAm clocks PhenoAge, GrimAge2 and DunedinPACE, and all three treatments had additive benefits on PhenoAge. Overall, from baseline to year 3, standardized effects ranged from 0.16 to 0.32 units (2.9-3.8 months). In summary, our trial indicates a small protective effect of omega-3 treatment on slowing biological aging over 3 years across several clocks, with an additive protective effect of omega-3, vitamin D and exercise based on PhenoAge."},{"id":"source_35","type":"source","study":"Impact of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Alcohol Use and Negative Consequences: A Systematic Review","year":2025,"doi":"10.1093/nutrit/nuaf036","url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/nutrit/nuaf036","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Cardona 2025","excerpt":"CONTEXT: Research suggests that alcohol consumption is associated with neuroinflammation, impacting brain regions associated with addiction and cognitive function. Long-chain omega-3 (n-3) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), in particular docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), have been proposed to have neuroprotective effects against alcohol, reversing synaptic deficits caused by alcohol and alleviating anxiety in animal models. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of an n-3 intervention in ameliorating behavioral changes, biochemical alterations, and the inflammatory responses induced by alcohol consumption. DATA SOURCES: A systematic review was performed using PubMed (Medline), Scopus, Web of Science, and OpenGrey databases. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were followed. DATA EXTRACTION: A total of 3829 records were identified. The records were subject to screening against the eligibility criteria, and the data extraction and risk-of-bias assessment were carried out by 2 investigators independently."},{"id":"source_36","type":"source","study":"Therapeutic Benefits of Topical Omega‐3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Skin Diseases and Cosmetics: An Updated Systematic Review","year":2025,"doi":"10.1111/jocd.70341","url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jocd.70341","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"MateuArrom 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: Oral supplementation with omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω-3 PUFAs) has shown beneficial effects in some dermatologic diseases (i.e., atopic dermatitis, acne, psoriasis, burns), but the actual effect of local application of ω-3 PUFAs for improving skin health is still under investigation. AIMS: This paper systematically reviewed the current articles regarding the use of topical ω-3 PUFAs in the treatment of skin diseases to evaluate its efficacy and safety. METHODS: The review was conducted according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) recommendations. Studies in which ω-3 PUFAs were administered as oral treatments, those with a reduced or unknown ω-3 PUFAs composition, and those using with skin fish grafts were excluded. RESULTS: In skin models of psoriasis, wounds, dermatitis, and melanoma, topical ω-3 PUFAs showed an overall beneficial effect associated with the anti-inflammatory properties of these compounds. Furthermore, none of the studies reported cases of skin irritation, cytotoxicity, or any adverse events."},{"id":"source_37","type":"source","study":"Investigating omega-3 fatty acids’ neuroprotective effects in repetitive subconcussive neural injury: Study protocol for a randomized placebo-controlled trial","year":2025,"doi":"10.1371/journal.pone.0321808","url":"https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321808","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Beauregard 2025","excerpt":"Soccer (football) is the most popular sport globally, with 265 million players across all ages and sexes. Repetitive subconcussive head impacts due to heading of the soccer ball can pose threats to healthy brain development and aging. Omega-3 fatty acids, especially docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), may have neuroprotective effects, but it remains unclear what aspects of neural health benefit from DHA+EPA when faced with subconcussive head impacts. In a randomized placebo-controlled trial, 208 soccer players will complete baseline measures including demographics, blood sampling, dietary recalls, and psychological assessment. Participants will be randomly assigned to ingest DHA+EPA [3.4g/d: DHA 2.4g+EPA 1.0g] or placebo daily for 8 weeks followed by a subconcussion intervention phase. During the subconcussion intervention, participants will perform a session of 20 controlled soccer headings, with a second session 24 hours later. Blood samples, neuroimaging data, autonomic reactivity, and clinical measures (symptoms, oculomotor, cognition) will be collected pre-heading and 24-hour post-1st session, 24-hour post-2nd session, and 7-day post-2nd session."},{"id":"source_38","type":"source","study":"Marine ω-3 PUFA Supplementation Enhances FFAR4 Activation and Reduces Inflammatory Markers in PBMC of Subjects with Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial (EPICO)","year":2025,"doi":"10.3390/nu17233630","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17233630","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Reyes-Perez 2025","excerpt":"Background: It is widely accepted that low-grade chronic inflammation in obesity worsens the metabolic state and threatens patients' lives in a long-term manner. In fact, diet therapy is the first-line treatment in which relevant nutrients such as the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω-3 PUFA) must be adequately consumed to counteract the established inflammation. In particular, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) have been identified as agonists of cellular receptors, including the free fatty acid receptor 4 (FFAR4), which regulates anti-inflammatory pathways associated with enhanced insulin sensitivity. However, the expression and activation of this receptor in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) remains poorly investigated in humans. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a diet supplemented with marine ω-3 PUFA on FFAR4 receptor activation and inflammatory markers in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in subjects with obesity. Methodology: A double-blind, randomized clinical trial (NCT05068557) was conducted over two months (eight weeks) in 55 obese individuals (aged 25-59 years)."},{"id":"source_39","type":"source","study":"Impact of omega-3 fatty acid oral therapy on healing of chronic venous leg ulcers in older adults: Study protocol for a randomized controlled single-center trial","year":2020,"doi":"10.1186/s13063-019-3970-7","url":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3970-7","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"McDaniel 2020","excerpt":"BACKGROUND: This trial addresses the global problem of chronic venous leg ulcers (CVLUs), wounds that cause significant infirmity for an estimated 9.7 million people annually, mainly older adults with comorbidities. Advanced therapies are needed because standard topical therapies are often ineffective or yield only short-term wound healing. Thus, we are testing a new oral therapy containing the bioactive elements of fish oil, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), for targeting and reducing the high numbers of activated polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) in wound microenvironments that keep CVLUs \"trapped\" in a chronic inflammatory state. METHODS: This double-blind RCT will include 248 eligible adults ≥ 55 years of age with CVLUs receiving standard care at a large Midwest outpatient wound clinic. Participants are randomized to two groups: 12 weeks of daily oral therapy with EPA + DHA (1.87 g/day of EPA + 1.0 g/day of DHA) or daily oral therapy with placebo. At 0, 4, 8, and 12 weeks, across the two groups, we are pursuing three specific aims: Aim 1."},{"id":"source_40","type":"source","study":"Effect of Omega-3 Fatty Acid Intake on Circulating Biomarkers of Atrial Fibrillation-Related Pathways in the PREDIMED-Plus Study","year":2026,"doi":"10.3390/nu18111669","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nu18111669","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Moreno 2026","excerpt":"Background/Objectives: Whether habitual dietary omega-3 fatty acid intake is reflected in circulating biomarkers of atrial fibrillation (AF)-related pathways is unclear. We assessed whether usual dietary intake of n -3 fatty acids-considered as total, marine-derived, or non-marine-derived-was associated with the trajectories of five serum markers that reflect AF-related mechanistic pathways [ N -terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-pro-BNP), high-sensitivity troponin T (hs-TnT), high-sensitivity C -reactive protein (CRP), the C -terminal propeptide of type-I procollagen (PICP), and 3-nitrotyrosine (3-NT)] over 5 years of follow-up. Methods: In 510 participants of the PREDIMED-Plus trial (older Spanish adults with metabolic syndrome), we measured plasma NT-pro-BNP, hs-TnT, CRP, PICP, and 3-NT at baseline and after 3 and 5 years. Energy-adjusted omega-3 intake was assessed with a validated 143-item food-frequency questionnaire. Cross-sectional and 5-year longitudinal associations according to tertiles of omega-3 fatty acid intake were estimated with linear regression and mixed-effects models. Results: Median total omega-3 intake was 2.0 g/day."},{"id":"source_41","type":"source","study":"Genetic evidence reveals phosphatidylcholine as a mediator in the causal relationship between omega-3 and multiple myeloma risk","year":2025,"doi":"10.1038/s41598-025-12804-y","url":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-12804-y","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Li 2025","excerpt":"Previous observational studies have indicated that omega-3 may reduce the risk of various cancers. However, the relationship between omega-3 and the incidence of multiple myeloma (MM) remains unclear. Therefore, we conducted a systematic Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to investigate the causal relationship between omega-3 and the risk of developing MM, while also exploring the potential mediating role of plasma lipids in this association. First, we conducted a two-sample MR study with MM using the omega-3 GWAS data from Richardson TG. We then repeated the validation with the other three omega-3 GWAS data and performed a meta-analysis of the MR results for a total of four omega-3 data. In the second step, we used multivariate Mendelian randomization (MVMR) analyses to adjust for the effects of confounders and explore the direct causal effects of omega-3 with MM. In the third step, we employed a two-step MR to investigate the potential mediating roles of 179 plasma lipids in the association between omega-3 and the risk of MM. Multiple sensitivity analyses were used to assess the robustness of the results."},{"id":"source_42","type":"source","study":"Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation for muscle health in community-dwelling older adults at high risk of sarcopenia: protocol for a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial","year":2026,"doi":"10.1136/bmjopen-2025-113455","url":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-113455","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Zhang 2026b","excerpt":"INTRODUCTION: Sarcopenia imposes a substantial burden on society, while omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (n-3 PUFA) supplementation holds the potential for preventing and treating this condition. This study aims to investigate the efficacy of three different n-3 PUFA supplementation regimens compared with each other and to corn oil placebo intervention on muscle health in community-dwelling older adults at high risk of sarcopenia. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: A total of 400 community-dwelling older adults aged 60 years or older, with handgrip strength <28 kg (men) or <18 kg (women), will be recruited for this multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Participants will be randomly allocated (1:1:1:1) to one of four groups for 6 months: (1) the high eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) group, (2) the high docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) group, (3) the high sn2-DHA group, (4) the corn oil control group. All intervention products will be packaged as capsules and administered at a daily dose of 2.5 g. The primary outcome is the change in handgrip strength."},{"id":"source_43","type":"source","study":"Effects of vitamin D3, omega-3s, and a simple home exercise program on incident vertebral fractures: the DO-HEALTH randomized controlled trial","year":2025,"doi":"10.1093/jbmr/zjaf058","url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jbmr/zjaf058","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Kistler-Fischbacher 2025","excerpt":"Vertebral fractures (VFs) are among the most common osteoporotic fractures. The effect of vitamin D3, omega-3s or a simple home exercise program (SHEP) on VFs is unclear. We examined whether vitamin D3, omega-3s, or SHEP, alone or in combination, over 3 years, reduce the incidence rate of VFs among European older adults. DO-HEALTH is a multi-center, 2 × 2 × 2 factorial design, randomized controlled trial, which included older adults (≥70 years) free from major health events in the 5 years prior to enrollment. The study interventions were vitamin D3 (2000IU/d), omega-3s (1 g/d), and SHEP (3 × 30 min/wk), applied alone or in combination. Quantitative and qualitative VF assessment was determined from lateral thoracolumbar DXA scans. The primary outcome for this analysis was the incidence rate (IR) of total VFs, defined as the number of any new and progressed VFs over the 3-year follow-up. Sensitivity analyses were conducted for only new VFs and only VF progressions. Negative binomial regression models were fit, adjusted for age, sex, prior fall, BMI, study site and participants' follow-up time. 1488 participants (mean age 74.9 years; 77% had low bone mass or osteoporosis; 43."},{"id":"source_44","type":"source","study":"Effect of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid on endometriosis","year":2025,"doi":"10.1016/j.clinsp.2025.100654","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinsp.2025.100654","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Liu 2025","excerpt":"OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the effect of Omega-3 Fatty Acids (ω-3 PUFAs) on endometriosis. DESIGN: The authors conducted a comprehensive search of the PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library and Web of Science databases, focusing exclusively on Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) to study the impact of ω-3 PUFAs on endometriosis. The included studies were assessed for methodological quality using the Cochrane bias risk assessment tool and analyzed using data analysis software. RESULTS: The search yielded five RCTs conducted between the database's inception and July 2023, with a total sample size of 424 patients with endometriosis. The meta-analysis results showed no statistically significant effects of ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) on pain (Mean Difference [MD = -0.387], 95 % Confidence Interval [95 % CI -1.742-0.967], I 2 = 93.3 %, z = 0.56, p = 0.575), sexual activity (MD = 0.143, 95 % CI -0.210-0.497, I 2 = 0 %, z = 0.79, p = 0.427), pain intervention (MD = -0.216, 95 % CI -0.717-0.285, I 2 = 0.0 %, z = 0.84, p = 0.399), catastrophic thinking (MD = 0.158, 95 % CI -0.315-0.632, I 2 = 0.0 %, z = 0.66, p = 0.512) and the 12-item short form health survey (MD = 0."},{"id":"source_45","type":"source","study":"Anti-inflammatory effects and safety of omega-3 fatty acids in haemodialysis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.","year":2026,"doi":"10.1016/j.clnesp.2026.102957","url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2026.102957","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Blair 2026","excerpt":"INTRODUCTION: Evidence on the anti-inflammatory effects and safety of omega-3 fatty acid supplementation in haemodialysis (HD) patients remains limited, particularly regarding the influence of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) dose, composition, and source. METHODS: We searched PubMed (n = 345), CENTRAL (n = 148) and EMBASE (n = 706) to July 2025. Studies were screened using Covidence, risk of bias was assessed using the Cochrane ROB 1 tool, and analyses were conducted in Review Manager 9.5.1. Only trials reporting C-reactive protein (CRP) were included. Pre-planned subgroup analyses examined formulation type, total daily dose, active ingredient dose, and DHA:EPA composition. Random-effects models were used to generate pooled standardised mean differences (SMDs), with heterogeneity assessed using I 2 . A sensitivity analysis excluded studies at high risk of bias. The protocol is registered on the Open Science Framework (https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/JCBHN). RESULTS: Thirteen studies (n = 678) were included (12 in meta-analyses). Two studies were judged high risk of bias, one unclear, and the remainder low risk."},{"id":"source_46","type":"source","study":"Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Cognitive Decline in Adults with Non-Dementia or Mild Cognitive Impairment: An Overview of Systematic Reviews","year":2025,"doi":"10.3390/nu17183002","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17183002","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Barros 2025","excerpt":"BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: As global aging accelerates, prevalence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) continues to rise, challenging healthcare systems and diminishing older adults' quality of life. There is great interest in better understanding the neuroprotective/anti-inflammatory properties of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids but the results from many published studies in humans come to different conclusions. This review aims to clarify the efficacy of n -3 fatty acids as a preventive or therapeutic strategy for cognitive health and to inform future clinical recommendations within aging populations. METHODS: Following PRISMA guidelines and a registered PROSPERO protocol, we reviewed systematic reviews (SRs) from 2014 to 2024 assessing exclusive n -3 fatty acid supplementation and cognitive outcomes via MMSE. Data were extracted on intervention details and cognitive scores. Meta-analyses used fixed and random-effects models, with Hedges' estimating overall impact. Quality was assessed using AMSTAR-2, and statistical analyses were performed (SPSS 28). RESULTS: A total of nine SRs incorporating 14 RCTs were included, representing 26,881 participants aged 40 years or older."},{"id":"source_47","type":"source","study":"Effectiveness of Eicosapentaenoic and Docosahexaenoic Acid Supplementation for Reducing Uremic Pruritus: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials","year":2026,"doi":"10.3390/ph19010181","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/ph19010181","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"review-level","cited_as":"Chou 2026","excerpt":"Background: Uremic pruritus is a distressing and common symptom in patients with end-stage renal disease. The development of uremic pruritus involves a multifactorial pathogenesis, including systemic inflammation, dysregulated immune responses, and altered opioid receptor activity. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids have been reported to mitigate uremic pruritus symptoms. Among omega-3 fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) have been reported as potential candidates for alleviating uremic pruritus due to their anti-inflammatory properties. Methods: A meta-analysis of seven randomized controlled trials was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of omega-3 supplementation in alleviating uremic pruritus among patients affected with end-stage renal disease. Effect sizes were calculated using Hedges' g with a random-effects model. Heterogeneity, sensitivity, and meta-regression analyses were performed to explore influencing factors. Results: A total of 266 participants were included for analysis. Omega-3 supplementation significantly reduced pruritus severity compared with placebo."},{"id":"source_48","type":"source","study":"Dietary Omega-3 PUFAs in Metabolic Disease Research: A Decade of Omics-Enabled Insights (2014–2024)","year":2025,"doi":"10.3390/nu17111836","url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17111836","population":"not extracted","intervention_or_exposure":"not extracted","comparator":"not extracted","endpoint":"not extracted","effect":"not extracted","risk_of_bias":"not appraised in public sidecar","directness":"primary","cited_as":"Li 2025b","excerpt":"Background/Objectives : The rising global prevalence of metabolic diseases (e.g., obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus) underscores the need for effective interventions. Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) exhibit therapeutic potential, yet their molecular mechanisms remain unclear. This systematic review synthesizes a decade (2014-2024) of omics research to elucidate Omega-3 PUFA mechanisms in metabolic diseases and identify future directions. Methods : A PRISMA-guided search of the Web of Science identified studies on Omega-3 PUFAs, metabolic diseases, and omics. After excluding reviews, non-English articles, and irrelevant studies, 72 articles were analyzed (16 multi-omics, 17 lipidomics, 10 transcriptomics/metabolomics/microbiomics each, and 6 proteomics). Results : Omics studies demonstrated that Omega-3 PUFAs, particularly EPA and DHA, improve metabolic health through interconnected mechanisms. They regulate epigenetic processes, including DNA methylation and miRNA expression, influencing genes linked to inflammation and insulin sensitivity. 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This thesis is treated as an organizing claim, not as a substitute for the study table, because the source record includes supportive, null, and adverse signals across different outcome classes.","Null findings have a specific role in this evidence model. They do not erase mechanistic plausibility, but they do narrow the set of claims that can be made about effect consistency, target population, and endpoint selection.","The evidence base also distinguishes breadth from certainty. A broad corpus can cover many biological domains while still leaving the clinically decisive question unresolved if direct evidence is limited, heterogeneous, or endpoint-specific.","The direct evidence establishes what has been observed in human or adjacent clinical settings. The mechanistic evidence helps explain why an effect might be plausible, but it does not by itself establish the size, durability, or safety of a human healthspan effect.","The study-level structure also prevents selective emphasis. 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