@article{ref1,
title="A controlled study of plasma fatty acids in Indian patients with depressive episode",
journal="Asian journal of psychiatry",
year="2018",
author="Patra, Bichitra Nanda and Khandelwal, Sudhir K. and Chadda, Rakesh K. and Lakshmy, Ramakrishnan and Abraham, Ransi Ann",
volume="31",
number="",
pages="152-156",
abstract="AIM: To study the plasma omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acid levels in patients with depressive episode and in matched healthy controls. <br><br>METHOD: Thirty patients with first episode depression and thirty healthy matched control subjects were recruited from a tertiary care hospital setting. We measured plasma omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acid levels of the study and the control group. <br><br>RESULT: There were no significant differences in plasma omega 3 fatty acid levels between study group and control group. The plasma omega 6 fatty acid levels of study group were significantly less than that of control group. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The present study is an initial attempt to investigate the link between fatty acids and depression in a clinical setting in India. This comparative study with normal controls did not etiologically link these polyunsaturated fatty acids in this sample of depressive disorder.<br><br>Copyright © 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1876-2018",
doi="10.1016/j.ajp.2017.12.006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2017.12.006"
}