Table 3.

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and synaptamide concentrations in breast milk from fish-oil supplemented and non-supplemented control groups (Mean ± SD).

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)a (μmoles/mL)
Group	Baseline	4th weekc	7th weekd
Control	0.64 ± 0.52	0.48 ± 0.39	0.34 ± 0.18
Fish Oil Supplemented	0.60 ± 0.31	0.43 ± 0.14	0.32 ± 0.16
p-value	0.86	0.77	0.85
Synaptamideb (fmoles/mL)
Group	Baseline	4th week	7th week
Control	181.3 ± 46.3	110.3 ± 55.2	85.5 ± 33.3
Fish Oil Supplemented	142.5 ± 33.9	134.3 ± 63.1	119.9 ± 40.0
p-value	0.11	0.48	0.12

^aDHA concentration determined by GC/FID.

^bSynaptamide concentration determined by LC-MS/MS.

^c3.3 ± 0.8 weeks

^d6.9 ± 0.5 weeks.