Table 3.

Fatty acid profile (mol %) of serum total lipid in subjects on the three experimental diets (n = 21)

	AAD	LA Diet	ALA Diet
SFA	34.7 ± 0.6	33.0 ± 0.5*	33.5 ± 0.5
MUFA	20.0 ± 0.6	17.0 ± 0.6‡	17.9 ± 0.6‡
PUFA	45.5 ± 0.7	50.1 ± 0.7‡	48.7 ± 0.7‡
n-6 PUFA	42.0 ± 0.6	44.9 ± 0.6‡	42.1 ± 0.6§
LA	33.3 ± 0.5	37.1 ± 0.5‡	34.6 ± 0.5*§
AA	8.2 ± 0.4	7.5 ± 0.4†	7.3 ± 0.4‡
n-3 PUFA	3.4 ± 0.3	5.2 ± 0.3‡	6.6 ± 0.3‡§
ALA	0.8 ± 0.2	2.1 ± 0.2‡	3.1 ± 0.2‡•
EPA	0.5 ± 0.1	0.7 ± 0.1‡	1.2 ± 0.1‡¶
DPA	0.6 ± 0.04	0.7 ± 0.04	0.7 ± 0.04‡¶
DHA	1.6 ± 0.1	1.7 ± 0.1	1.5 ± 0.1
SFA/UNSAT	0.53 ± 0.01	0.49 ± 0.01†	0.50 ± 0.01*
LA/ALA	49.6 ± 2.3	19.3 ± 2.3‡	12.4 ± 2.3‡¶
n-6/n-3	12.7 ± 0.5	9.0 ± 0.5‡	6.8 ± 0.5‡§

SFA: Saturated fatty acids; MUFA: Monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA: Polyunsaturated fatty acids; n-6: omega-6; LA: Linoleic acid; AA: Arachidonic acid; n-3: omega-3; ALA: α-linolenic acid; EPA: Eicosapentaenoic acid; DPA: Docosapentaenoic acid; DHA: Docosahexaenoic acid; UNSAT: total unsaturated fatty acids

*: P < 0.05, †: P < 0.01,‡: P < 0.001, compared with AAD

¶ P < 0.05,•: P < 0.01,§ P < 0.001 compared with LA Diet