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Effect of omega-3 supplements or diets on fertility in women: A meta-analysis.

Shivtia Trop-Steinberg, Michael Gal, Yehudith Azar, Rachel Kilav-Levin, Eliyahu M Heifetz

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Review in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
21.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Shivtia Trop-SteinbergJerusalem College of Technology, Faculty of Life and Health Science, P.O.B. 16031, Jerusalem, Israel.
Michael GalShaare Zedek Medical Center, IVF Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, P.O.B. 3235, Jerusalem, Israel.
Yehudith AzarHadassah Medical Center, Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, P.O.B. 12000, Jerusalem, Israel.
Rachel Kilav-LevinJerusalem College of Technology, Faculty of Life and Health Science, P.O.B. 16031, Jerusalem, Israel.
Eliyahu M HeifetzJerusalem College of Technology, Faculty of Life and Health Science, P.O.B. 16031, Jerusalem, Israel.
Jerusalem College of Technology · ILHadassah Medical Center · ILHebrew University of Jerusalem · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to assess the effect of increased omega-3 consumption on fertilization rates and the probability of women getting pregnant. This study is needed because different perspectives exist regarding the use of omega-3 fatty acids in enhancing fertility among women with reproductive issues, and information for those planning a spontaneous pregnancy is limited. Methods: PubMed, Clinical Trials, CINAHL/EBSCO, Medline Complete, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar were searched for articles published until April 2021, and the search was limited to articles in English language. The search strategy included the following key words: " Results: We included six trials involving 1789 women who received fertility treatment, four trials involving 2607 women who conceived naturally, and three trials involving 1725 oocytes for fertility rates. Aggregated ORs for the effects of omega-3 on pregnancies were 1.74, 1.36, and 2.14 for women who received fertility treatment, those who conceived naturally, and fertilization rate, respectively. All these results were significant ( Conclusion: This systematic review and meta-analysis suggest that omega-3 intake significantly improves women's pregnancy and fertilization rates; however, the high heterogeneity in this review somewhat limits its interpretation. Therefore, further prospective randomized studies are necessary to better understand this relationship.

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Fertilization rateMeta-analysisOmega-3 fatty acidsPregnancy rateSystematic review

Identifiers

PMID38628754
PMCPMC11019195
OpenAlexW4394015428

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