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. 2017 Nov 27;21(4):777–784. doi: 10.1017/S1368980017003147

Table 1.

Fatty acid composition of fish predominantly consumed by the study population (percentage of total fatty acids) and mean breast-milk fatty acid composition (percentage of total fatty acids) among breast-feeding mothers (n 60) around Lake Victoria, Kenya, August 2014

Fish species Breast milk
Fatty acid Dagaa Cichlids Nile perch Tilapia Mean 25th–75th percentile Global average
Polyunsaturated 32·6 14·1 35·9 38·9
18:2n-6 (LA) 2·7 6·9 12·71 10·88–14·03
18:3n-6 0·3 0·1 1·2 1·3 0·084 0·054–0·10
20:3n-6 0·4 0·2 0·36 0·26–0·45
20:4n-6 (AA) 3·9 0·9 5·3 3·5 0·44 0·36–0·49 0·47
22:4n-6 0·091 0·07–0·10
18:3n-3 (ALA) 3·1 0·7 1·9 2·3 0·54 0·41–0·65
20:5n-3 (EPA) 6·1 0·8 4·5 3·7 0·16 0·11–0·21
22:5n-3 (DPA) 2·3 1·3 2 1·3 0·28 0·20–0·33
22:6n-3 (DHA) 13·2 3·2 15·9 13·7 0·75 0·54–0·89 0·32
Monounsaturated 23·9 30·7 26·5 18·7
16:1n-7 10·2 2·9 5·6 2·1 1·88 1·26–2·37
18:1 30·42 27·96–33·76
20:1 0·3 0·2 0·25 0·21–0·28
24:1 0·072 0·047–0·081
Saturated 41·7 54·1 33·1 39·6
10:0 0·67 0·44–0·85
12:0 5·82 4·36–7·33
14:0 3·7 1·4 1·4 0·8 11·07 7·63–13·16
15:0 0·7 0·3 0·8 1·2
16:0 25·8 45·5 20·4 25·6 29·02 26·59–30·85
17:0 2·0 0·5 0·6 0·9
18:0 9·1 6 9·9 11·1 4·16 3·75–4·50
20:0 0·3 0·4 0·17 0·14–0·19
22:0 0·088 0·066–0·10
24:0 0·5 0·2 0·10 0·065–0·12

LA, linoleic acid; AA, arachidonic acid; ALA, α-linolenic acid; DPA, docosapentaenoic acid.

Data from Masa et al. ( 38 ).

Data from Brenna et al. ( 5 ).