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Omega-3 PUFAs Lower the Propensity for Arachidonic Acid Cascade Overreactions

Table 1

Prevalence of health conditions causing major USA health care costs. The 25 most prevalent conditions in a large occupational medicine study [67] are shown with the ten having the most annual cost ranked in order. The overall annual costs include expenses from medical, pharmacy, absenteeism, and presenteeism aspects.

Health condition prevalenceCost
RankRank

Depression61
Obesity22
Arthritis43
Back and neck pain94
Anxiety75
GERD56
Allergy17
Other cancers198
Other chronic pains179
Hypertension310

Asthma8
Migraine10
Sleeping problem11
Irritable bowel12
Fatigue13
Headache14
Diabetes15
Bladder/urinary16
Ulcer18
Coronary heart disease20
Osteoarthritis21
Skin cancer22
Bronchitis/emphysema23
Congestive heart failure24
COPD25