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. 2010 Dec 22;141(2):321–326. doi: 10.3945/jn.110.126870

TABLE 2.

Daily dietary intakes in women at randomization in DHA and placebo groups1,2

DHA Placebo P-value
Energy,3kcal/d 3200 ± 1130 3444 ± 1070 0.41
Total fat, g/d 89.3 ± 35.8 97.4 ± 30.5 0.51
Saturated fat, g/d 28.1 ± 11.8 29.3 ± 10.0 0.36
MUFA, g/d 32.3 ± 16.2 34.8 ± 13.2 0.77
PUFA, g/d 19.2 ± 9.1 20.6 ± 8.4 0.48
∑(n-6) fatty acids, g/d 18.3 ± 8.6 18.7 ± 7.8 0.57
18:2(n-6) (LA), g/d 18.2 ± 8.5 18.5 ± 7.8 0.44
20:4(n-6) (AA), g/d 0.14 ± 0.1 0.13 ± 0.1 0.79
∑(n-3) fatty acids, g/d 1.51 ± 0.8 1.60 ± 1.0 0.12
18:3(n-3) (ALA), g/d 1.35 ± 0.7 1.54 ± 0.9 0.30
20:5(n-3) (EPA), g/d 0.02 ± 0.03 0.02 ± 0.06 0.21
22:6(n-3) (DHA), g/d 0.06 ± 0.06 0.05 ± 0.1 0.43
(n-6):(n-3) fatty acids 12.6 ± 4.6 11.9 ± 4.6 0.40
1

Values are medians ±SD, = 87 for each group.

2

Evaluated by FFQ (24).

3

1 kcal = 4.18 kJ.