Authors
Christine M Albert, Charles H Hennekens, Christopher J O'Donnell, Umed A Ajani, Vincent J Carey, Walter C Willett, Jeremy N Ruskin, JoAnn E Manson
Publication date
1998/1/7
Journal
Jama
Volume
279
Issue
1
Pages
23-28
Publisher
American Medical Association
Description
Context
Dietary fish intake has been associated with a reduced risk of fatal cardiac end points, but not with nonfatal end points. Dietary fish intake may have a selective benefit on fatal arrhythmias and therefore sudden cardiac death.
Objective
To investigate prospectively the association between fish consumption and the risk of sudden cardiac death.
Design
Prospective cohort study.
Setting
The US Physicians' Health Study.
Patients
A total of 20551 US male physicians 40 to 84 years of age and free of myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular disease, and cancer at baseline who completed an abbreviated, semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire on fish consumption and were then followed up to 11 years.
Main Outcome Measure
Incidence of sudden cardiac death (death within 1 hour of symptom onset) as ascertained by hospital records and reports of next of kin.
Results
There were 133 sudden deaths over the …
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