Michael Davidson    芝加哥大学医学中心教授，心脏病预防科主任

    <International Circulation>:  We know that omega-3 fatty acids have been around for about 30 years now.  Can you tell us about some of the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids on cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment?

   《国际循环》：我们知道ω- 3脂肪酸已经问世大约30年，您能跟我们说一下ω- 3脂肪酸在心血管疾病的预防和治疗方面的益处吗？
 
    Prof. Davidson:   Omega-3 fatty acids have many potential effects for reducing cardiovascular risk.  What we are focusing our research on right now is on triglyceride lowering， a very important risk factor in countries like China， where triglycerides are getting a lot worse.  We are also recognizing that omega-3 fatty acids have very important benefits in reducing platelet aggregation， thrombosis， and inflammation and， in animal models， are very anti-artherogenic.  We think that omega-3 fatty acids provide a broad spectrum of potential benefits of reducing the risks of cardiovascular disease.

    Davidson教授: ω- 3脂肪酸在减少心血管风险方面有潜在的影响。我们目前正在集中研究的是降低甘油三酯，甘油三酯在某些国家是心血管疾病的一个非常重要的危险因素，比如在中国，它的情况正在越来越严重。我们也承认ω- 3脂肪酸在降低血小板凝集、血栓形成以及炎症方面有很重要的作用，动物模型证实有抗动脉粥样硬化的作用。我们认为ω- 3脂肪酸有广泛的降低心血管疾病风险的潜在益处。