Table 6. Several ratios of fatty acids concentrations in erythrocytes of MDD-R patients compared with a matched non-depressed control groupa.
| Controls (n = 65) | MDD-R (n = 137) | |
| Σ SFAs/Σ PUFAs | 1.414±0.065 | 1.572±0.128*** |
| Σ MUFAs/Σ PUFAs | 0.529±0.043 | 0.548±0.057* |
| Σ SFAs/Σ MUFAs | 2.684±1.773 | 2.884±0.232*** |
| Σ omega-6/Σ omega-3 | 5.437±2.363 | 6.377±1.773** |
| C20∶4 ω-6/C20∶5 ω-3 | 27.45±16.79 | 26.41±12.71 |
| C20∶4 ω-6/C22∶6 ω-3 | 5.149±5.863 | 5.232±1.701 |
a
Independent means t-tests: significantly different in comparison to controls at * p<.05, ** p<.01, *** p<.001.