TABLE 4.

Fatty acid concentrations in breast milk measured at 1 mo postpartum, by treatment group¹

Fatty acid	DHA	Placebo	P-value
	% by wt of total fatty acids
Saturated	40.4 ± 4.6	41.5 ± 5.1	0.15
Unsaturated	39.6 ± 3.1	39.5 ± 3.1	0.82
18:1(n-9)	35.5 ± 2.7	35.5 ± 3.0	0.95
∑(n-6)	18.1 ± 3.2	17.2 ± 3.5	0.11
18:2(n-6) (LA)	16.5 ± 3.0	15.8 ± 3.4	0.11
18:3(n-6)	0.13 ± 0.07	0.13 ± 0.07	0.63
20:2(n-6)	0.45 ± 0.10	0.47 ± 0.12	0.88
20:3(n-6)	0.43 ± 0.09	0.45 ± 0.11	0.28
20:4(n-6) (AA)	0.41 ± 0.12	0.43 ± 0.12	0.27
22:4(n-6)	0.11 ± 0.04	0.12 ± 0.05	0.15
∑(n-3)	1.92 ± 0.57	1.79 ± 0.58	0.10
18:3(n-3) (ALA)	1.38 ± 0.47	1.24 ± 0.46	0.01
20:3(n-3)	0.07 ± 0.04	0.07 ± 0.05	0.74
20:5(n-3)	0.14 ± 0.13	0.16 ± 0.15	0.25
22:5(n-3)	0.10 ± 0.04	0.12 ± 0.05	0.07
22:6(n-3) (DHA)	0.20 ± 0.06	0.17 ± 0.07	<0.01
(n-6):(n-3) fatty acids	9.9 ± 2.0	10.1 ± 2.1	0.43

¹Values are means ± SD, = 87 for each group.