Table 1.

Fatty acid composition of the placebo and n-3 dietary supplements given to study participants as determined by independent analysis

		Placebo	n-3 Supplement
		% fatty acid	% fatty acid
C14:0	myristic acid	3.1	0.0
C16:0	palmitic acid	16.4	0.1
C18:0	stearic acid	3.2	0.5
C18:1n9	oleic acid	48.7	0.7
C18:1n7	vaccenic acid	1.6	0.3
C18:2n6	linoleic acid	21.5	0.2
C18:3n3	alpha linolenic acid	3.3	0.2
C18:4n3	stearidonic acid	0.1	6.4
C20:4n6	arachidonic acid	0.1	3.2
C20:4n3	eicosatetraenoic acid	0.0	1.0
C20:5n3	eicosapentaenoic acid	1.0	76.8
C22:6n3	docosahexaenoic acid	0.1	8.5