Table 1.

Fatty acid composition of the Control and Omega-3 diets (values expressed as % total fatty acids); both diets contain 5% fat (v/v).

Fatty acid	Standard diet (1.5% n−3)	High DHA diet (3.3% n−3)	P value
Total saturates	43.34 ± 0.09	42.76 ± 0.09	<0.05
16:1n−7	2.66 ± 0.008	2.62 ± 0.004	ns
18:1n−9	33.26 ± 0.17	33.21 ± 0.07	ns
18:2n−6 (LA)	11.93 ± 0.058	11.91 ± 0.10	ns
18:3n−3 (ALA)	1.20 ± 0.002	1.21 ± 0.005	ns
20:5n−3 (EPA)	0.14 ± 0.002	0.34 ± 0.005	<0.01
22:2n−6	0.027 ± 0.003	0.025 ± 0.0003	ns
22:6n−3 (DHA)	0.08 ± 0.005	0.95 ± 0.002	<0.001