Effect of fish oil omega-3 fatty acids on reduction of depressive symptoms among HIV-seropositive pregnant women: a randomized, double-blind controlled trial

Participants’ distribution and flow during the trial based on the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials. The participants’ distribution and flow during the trial based on the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials [52]. It indicates total number of study participants who were recruited (N？=？282), excluded from enrolment based on exclusion criteria (N？=？66), enrolled for the 8-week study (fish oil arm？=？109; soybean oil arm？=？107), dropped out before the 8 weeks (fish oil arm？=？23; soybean oil？=？11) and those who completed the 8-week trial period and were included in the analysis (fish oil？=？86; soybean oil？=？96).The difference in completion between the two groups was, however, not significant at the end of study (X2(1)？=？1.64; p value？=？0.20), and did not significantly influence the change in BDI-II depressive symptom scores in fish oil (0.41 (95% CI ？？4.49 to 5.32), p？=？0.87) and soybean oil (？？3.21 (95% CI ？？13.18 to 6.76), p？=？0.52) group