Curated scientific studies with plain-English summaries and multi-paradigm interpretation
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Irwin MR, et al • Biological Psychiatry • 2016
Sleep disturbance associated with elevated CRP (effect size 0.12) and IL-6 (effect size 0.20); long sleep duration associated with higher CRP (effect size 0.17)
Minihane AM, et al • British Journal of Nutrition • 2015
An unresolved inflammatory response is likely involved from early stages of disease development; current fasting inflammatory markers represent an insensitive and highly variable index of tissue inflammation
Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration • Lancet • 2010
Per 3-fold higher CRP: CHD HR 1.37 (1.27-1.48), ischaemic stroke HR 1.27 (1.15-1.40), vascular mortality HR 1.55 (1.37-1.76) after adjustment
Calder PC • Nutrients • 2010
Effective anti-inflammatory effects require >2g EPA+DHA daily; EPA-derived eicosanoids 10-100 fold less potent as inflammatory mediators; new steady-state reached within ~4 weeks