A relatively low level of fish consumption may reduce the risk of having a heart attack and other "acute coronary syndrome" (ACS) such as heart-related chest pain, according to researchers in Greece.
Dr Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, of Harokopio University, Athens, and colleagues analysed fish consumption among 848 patients who had experienced an ACS and 1078 similar subjects who had not.
After accounting for other potentially influential factors, fish consumption was associated with a 38 percent reduced risk of ACS.
Further analysis showed that fish consumption was tied to an 11 percent reduced risk of developing ACS among smokers and a 24 percent reduced risk among diabetics - two groups with high risks of heart disease.
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