TABLE 5.

Spearman rank-order correlation between breast milk DHA, EPA, and AA concentrations at 1 mo postpartum and maternal intake of fatty acids in pregnancy and plasma phospholipid fatty acid concentrations at baseline, delivery, and 1 mo postpartum, by treatment group

	Breast milk	Maternal DHA plasma			Dietary DHA intake Baseline	Maternal AA plasma			Dietary AA intake Baseline	Maternal EPA plasma			Dietary EPA intake Baseline
		Baseline	Delivery	1 mo PP		Baseline	Delivery	1 mo PP		Baseline	Delivery	1 mo PP
Placebo group	DHA	0.06	0.06	0.41*	0.22†	0.31†	0.22	0.22†	0.24	0.08	0.15	−0.06	0.22†
	AA	−0.03	0.04	0.40*	0.18	0.34*	0.42*	0.54*	0.24†	0.23	0.18	−0.06	0.12
	EPA	−0.13	0.00	−0.05	−0.12	0.12	0.04	0.08	−0.19	0.04	0.15	−0.03	−0.12
DHA group	DHA	−0.08	−0.00	0.41*	−0.05	−0.12	0.02	0.27†	−0.10	0.11	0.07	0.10	−0.07
	AA	0.01	−0.10	0.30*	−0.09	0.10	0.26†	0.47*	0.00	0.32†	0.04	0.05	−0.12
	EPA	−0.34	−0.19	0.11	−0.10	−0.20	0.11	0.08	0.00	0.32†	0.04	−0.04	−0.12

* < 0.01; † P < 0.05.