Table 11.

Macronutrient composition (g/100 mL milk), lipid classes’ profile (g/100 g fat), relative composition of phospholipids (g/100 g polar lipids) and molecular species of triacylglycerols content (g/100 g fat) according to their carbon number (CN) in the human milk of the omnivore human milk donors with full-term infants (Donors) and in the vegetarian/vegan mothers (Veg).

Nutrient	Donors		Veg		p Value
	n	Mean (SE)	n	Mean (SE)
Macronutrients (g/100 mL milk)
Lipids	84	3.13 (0.17)	18	3.14 (0.34)	0.958
Carbohydrates		7.73 (0.03)		7.76 (0.06)	0.779
Proteins		1.17 (0.03)		1.16 (0.05)	0.533
Lipid classes (g/100 g fat)
Triacylglycerols	19	95.56 (0.55)	18	95.33 (0.66)	0.832
Diacylglycerols		3.97 (0.49)		4.18 (0.61)	0.808
Monoacylglycerols		0.04 (0.01)		0.03 (0.01)	0.586
Free fatty acids + cholesterol		0.38 (0.05)		0.41 (0.05)	0.543
Polar lipids		0.05 (0.00)		0.06 (0.00)	0.047
Triacylglycerols (g/100 g fat)
CN24	19	0.01 (0.00)	18	0.01 (0.00)	0.428
CN26		0.10 (0.01)		0.11 (0.01)	0.713
CN28		0.09 (0.01)		0.06 (0.01)	0.038
CN30		0.21 (0.03)		0.13 (0.02)	0.024
CN32		0.31 (0.05)		0.26 (0.04)	0.543
CN34		0.36 (0.07)		0.22 (0.03)	0.301
CN36		0.40 (0.05)		0.38 (0.05)	0.915
CN38		1.61 (0.16)		1.16 (0.10)	0.022
CN40		1.98 (0.12)		2.09 (0.13)	0.533
CN42		2.65 (0.21)		2.72 (0.26)	0.671
CN44		4.95 (0.32)		4.47 (0.37)	0.627
CN46		7.45 (0.35)		6.60 (0.45)	0.346
CN48		10.68 (0.34)		10.62 (0.62)	0.574
CN50		14.83 (0.49)		12.18 (0.52)	0.001
CN52		37.14 (1.11)		32.37 (1.34)	0.011
CN54		17.23 (1.20)		26.64 (1.47)	<0.001
Phospholipids (g/100 g polar lipids)
Phosphatidylethanolamine	19	24.62 (1.86)	18	30.72 (1.88)	0.048
Phosphatidylcholine		30.55 (1.10)		26.88 (0.67)	0.018
Sphingomyelin		44.83 (2.58)		42.40 (1.82)	0.429

Variables are presented as means (standard error of the mean).