SOURCE-LINKED STUDY SUMMARY
Sex differences in the effect of fish-oil supplementation on the adaptive response to resistance exercise training in older people: a randomized controlled trial.
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- What was studied
- This randomized trial tested whether fish-oil omega-3 supplementation changed resistance-training adaptations differently in older women and men.
- Who / model studied
- Fifty older adults participated: 27 men and 23 women, with mean ages near 71 years.
- Studied dose & schedule
- Participants received 3 g/day fish oil or 3 g/day safflower-oil placebo while performing lower-limb resistance exercise twice weekly for 18 weeks.
- What the study found
- Fish oil enhanced gains in isometric torque and muscle quality in women, not men. Muscle cross-sectional area, walking, chair-rise and isokinetic-torque responses did not differ by treatment; triglycerides fell in both sexes.
- Limitations & context
- The sex-specific subgroups were small, and the abstract provides significance tests rather than effect sizes for the key outcomes. Adverse-event results are not reported in the abstract.
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Original publication ↗ · DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.116.140780