The Effect of Omega-3 on the Level of Serum Lipid Profile, Adipocytokines, and Indicator of Vascular Inflammation in Patients Diagnosed with Myocardial Infarction

Changes in inflammatory mediators have an important role in myocardial infraction. Since the anti-inflammatory effects of Omega-3 fatty acids on cardiovascular diseases was reported, this study was done to evaluate the Omega-3 effect on serum lipid profile, leptin, adiponectin, and E-selectin in patients with myocardial infraction. In this double blinded clinical trial study, 42 patients with myocardial infraction were randomly divided into two mediator and control group. For 10 weeks, the mediator group received 3 capsules of 1 gram Omega-3 daily, and the control group received 3 capsules of placebo (paraffin) daily. Concentration of serum lipid profile, leptin, adiponectin, and E-selectin was measured and compared at the beginning and at the end of the test. IRCT=2021070410181N1 At the end of the study, after comparing the Omega-3 receiving group with placebo group, there was a significant decrease of serum level of triglyceride (120.04±53.24 versus 150.76±48.84, p=0.021), leptin (6.92±2.71 versus 9.05±2.66, p=0.007), and E-selectin (20.98±10.04 versus 6.55±4.12), and there was a significant increase in the serum level of adiponectin (7.24±3.50 versus 6.55±4.12, p=0.026) in patients with myocardial infraction. In both groups, improvement in the size of blood lipids (TC, LDL-C, HDL-C) was obvious when compared to the primary sizes (p<0.05); but the difference between the two complementary and placebo group was not statistically significant. The results show that receiving Omega-3 on a daily basis can modulate inflammatory factors in patients with myocardial infraction.