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International Journal of Endocrinology
Volume 2013, Article ID 501015, 11 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/501015
Review Article

Fish and Marine Omega-3 Polyunsatured Fatty Acid Consumption and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Ming Zhang,1 Eliane Picard-Deland,1,2 and André Marette1,2

1Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cardiology Axis of the Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec (Hôpital Laval), Québec, QC, Canada G1V 4G2
2The Institute of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, Laval University, Québec, QC, Canada G1V 4G2

Received 22 June 2013; Accepted 9 August 2013

Academic Editor: Ilias Migdalis

Copyright © 2013 Ming Zhang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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