Association between high dietary intake of the <i>n</i>−3 polyunsaturated fatty acid docosahexaenoic acid and reduced risk of Crohn's disease

Abstract

There were inverse associations, with a biological gradient between increasing dietary docosahexaenoic acid intakes and incident Crohn's disease. Further studies in other populations should measure docosahexaenoic acid to determine if the association is consistent and the hypothesis tested in randomised controlled trials of purely docosahexaenoic acid supplementation.