Long chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and incidence rate of coronary artery calcification in Japanese men in Japan and white men in the USA: population based prospective cohort study

Akira Sekikawa; Katsuyuki Miura; Sunghee Lee; Akira Fujiyoshi; Daniel Edmundowicz; Takashi Kadowaki; Rhobert W Evans; Sayaka Kadowaki; Kim Sutton-Tyrrell; Tomonori Okamura; Marnie Bertolet; Kamal H Masaki; Yasuyuki Nakamura; Emma J M Barinas-Mitchell; Bradley J Willcox; Aya Kadota; Todd B Seto; Hiroshi Maegawa; Lewis H Kuller; Hirotsugu Ueshima; for the ERA JUMP Study Group

doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304421

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Long chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and incidence rate of coronary artery calcification in Japanese men in Japan and white men in the USA: population based prospective cohort study

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Akira Sekikawa Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Katsuyuki Miura Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sunghee Lee Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Akira Fujiyoshi Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Daniel Edmundowicz Department of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Takashi Kadowaki Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rhobert W Evans Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sayaka Kadowaki Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kim Sutton-Tyrrell Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tomonori Okamura Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Marnie Bertolet Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kamal H Masaki Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Yasuyuki Nakamura Department of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Kyoto Women's University, Kyoto, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Emma J M Barinas-Mitchell Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Bradley J Willcox Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Aya Kadota Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan Osaka Kyoiku University, Kashiwara, Osaka, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Todd B Seto Internal Medicine & Cardiology, Queen's Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hiroshi Maegawa Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lewis H Kuller Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hirotsugu Ueshima Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan PubMed articles Google scholar articles
for the ERA JUMP Study Group
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Correspondence to Dr Akira Sekikawa, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 130 North Bellefield Avenue, Suite 546, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; akira{at}pitt.edu

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Sekikawa A, Miura K, Lee S, et al

Long chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and incidence rate of coronary artery calcification in Japanese men in Japan and white men in the USA: population based prospective cohort study

Heart 2014;100:569-573.

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Received June 6, 2013
Revised November 7, 2013
Accepted November 8, 2013
First published December 18, 2013.

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March 05, 2014

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