INS and type 2 diabetes mellitus: However, in the study by Hendra et al. (1990) involving 80 T2DM non‐insulin‐dependent subjects treated with 10 g/day of fish oil containing 1.8 g EPA and 1.2 g DHA for 6 weeks it has been recorded an increase in FPG levels both at 3 and 6 weeks but it was significant only after 3 weeks of treatment (+25.95 mg/dl, [95% confidence interval: 0.34–2.5], p = .01) compared to control.