Table 2.

Fatty acid concentration in nmol/ml of relevant plasma triglycerides at baseline, 3, 6 and 9 week time points for pair fed groups (n=5) and different diets (¹,²).

Triglycerides and Phospholipids in Diets:
	1% TG	1% PL	5% TG	5% PL	10% TG	10% PL	Soybean TG	Soybean PL
Arachidonic acid (20:4)
Baseline	0.2873 ± 0.062	0.2535 ± 0.012	0.2140 ± 0.010	0.2468 ± 0.015	0.2887 ± 0.056	0.2507 ± 0.031	0.2651 ± 0.047	0.2288 ± 0.025
3 weeks	0.1876 ± 0.022	0.2037 ± 0.034 d	0.1545 ± 0.017 d	0.1461 ± 0.014 d	0.0690 ± 0.009 d	0.1484 ± 0.014 d	0.2708 ± 0.051 b, c	0.8958 ± 0.081 a, b, c
6 weeks	0.2196 ± 0.025 d	0.2378 ± 0.004 d	0.1115 ± 0.024 d	0.1334 ± 0.018 d	0.1449 ± 0.015 d	0.1574 ± 0.004 d	0.7150 ± 0.153 a, b, c	0.7139 ± 0.032 a, b, c
9 weeks	0.1371 ± 0.010	0.1185 ± 0.006 d	0.1254 ± 0.005	0.1466 ± 0.017 d	0.0719 ± 0.016 d	0.1264 ± 0.012 d	0.2721 ± 0.102 c	0.9973 ± 0.047 a, b, c
Mead acid (20:3n-9)
Baseline	0.0024 ± 0.002	0.0000 ± 0.000	0.0019 ± 0.001	0.0369 ± 0.032	0.0056 ± 0.004	0.0029 ± 0.003	0.0155 ± 0.007	0.0025 ± 0.003
3 weeks	0.0199 ± 0.005 b, c, d	0.0050 ± 0.003	0.0020 ± 0.001 a	0.0062 ± 0.006	0.0017 ± 0.000 a	0.0023 ± 0.001	0.0026 ± 0.001 a	0.0003 ± 0.000
6 weeks	0.0210 ± 0.004 b, c, d	0.0192 ± 0.006 b, c, d	0.0020 ± 0.002 a	0.0046 ± 0.003 a	0.0015 ± 0.001 a	0.0005 ± 0.000 a	0.0000 ± 0.000 a	0.0031 ± 0.001 a
9 weeks	0.0307 ± 0.004 b, c, d	0.0156 ± 0.002 b, c, d	0.0118 ± 0.007 a	0.0012 ± 0.001 a	0.0027 ± 0.002 a	0.0008 ± 0.000 a	0.0000 ± 0.000 a	0.0002 ± 0.000 a
Eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5)
Baseline	0.0747 ± 0.020	0.0489 ± 0.011	0.0408 ± 0.008	0.0464 ± 0.001	0.0735 ± 0.012	0.0597 ± 0.003	0.0739 ± 0.015	0.0511 ± 0.008
3 weeks	0.2195 ± 0.035 d	0.2462 ± 0.027 b, d	0.4481 ± 0.064 d	0.4152 ± 0.049 a, d	0.2387 ± 0.032 d	0.4660 ± 0.073 d	0.0118 ± 0.001 a, b, c	0.0240 ± 0.014 a, b, c
6 weeks	0.3691 ± 0.045 b, d	0.5370 ± 0.027 b, d	0.4365 ± 0.062 a, c, d	0.3991 ± 0.062 a, c, d	0.4509 ± 0.042 b, d	0.5471 ± 0.045 b, d	0.0148 ± 0.009 a, b, c	0.0265 ± 0.003 a, b, c
9 weeks	0.2470 ± 0.023 b, d	0.2600 ± 0.026 b, d	0.3884 ± 0.027 a, c, d	0.4353 ± 0.046 a, c, d	0.1984 ± 0.043 b, d	0.2779 ± 0.031 b, d	0.0057 ± 0.002 a, b, c	0.0026 ± 0.002 a, b, c
Docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3)
Baseline	0.1539 ± 0.037 b	0.2504 ± 0.042	0.0735 ± 0.030 a, c, d	0.2607 ± 0.022	0.1730 ± 0.028 b	0.2990 ± 0.030	0.1534 ± 0.017 b	0.2967 ± 0.024
3 weeks	0.1351 ± 0.016 b, d	0.4014 ± 0.043	0.2582 ± 0.027 a, c, d	0.4522 ± 0.057	0.1260 ± 0.011 b, d	0.3612 ± 0.074	0.0446 ± 0.009 a, b, c	0.3576 ± 0.036
6 weeks	0.2281 ± 0.025 b, d	0.5006 ± 0.028 d	0.2630 ± 0.088 a, c, d	0.4694 ± 0.072	0.3200 ± 0.047 b, d	0.3730 ± 0.054	0.1126 ± 0.015 a, b, c	0.1767 ± 0.033 a
9 weeks	0.1474 ± 0.012 d	0.5181 ± 0.024 d	0.1872 ± 0.007 d	0.3914 ± 0.061	0.1466 ± 0.032 d	0.4034 ± 0.023	0.0372 ± 0.0010 d	0.3875 ± 0.020 a
Triene-tetraene Ratios
Baseline	0.0050 ± 0.005	0.0000 ± 0.0000	0.0080 ± 0.006	0.0024 ± 0.002	0.0327 ± 0.025	0.0079 ± 0.008	0.0594 ± 0.026	0.0085 ± 0.009
3 weeks	0.1049 ± 0.020 b, c, d	0.0197 ± 0.0121 b, c, d	0.0135 ± 0.006 a	0.0183 ± 0.014 a	0.0256 ± 0.005 a	0.0191 ± 0.011 a	0.0095 ± 0.002 a	0.0004 ± 0.000 a
6 weeks	0.0929 ± 0.014 b, c, d	0.0810 ± 0.0252 b, c, d	0.0375 ± 0.029 a	0.0327 ± 0.020 a	0.0111 ± 0.006 a	0.0030 ± 0.003 a	0.0000 ± 0.000 a	0.0044 ± 0.002 a
9 weeks	0.2269 ± 0.025 b, c, d	0.1308 ± 0.0139 b, c, d	0.0894 ± 0.050 a,d	0.0066 ± 0.007 a	0.0301 ± 0.019 a	0.0062 ± 0.003 a	0.0000 ± 0.000 a, b	0.0002 ± 0.000 a

⁽¹⁾Values given are means +/− SE in nmol/ml. Only AA, Mead acid, EPA, DHA and triene-tetraene ratios are shown.

⁽²⁾Diets are 1%, 5% and 10% Menhaden oil diet and soybean diet.

^aValue is significantly different from 1% Menhaden oil group within same timepoint and acid (or ratio) group, P< 0.05

^bValue is significantly different from 5% Menhaden oil group within same timepoint and acid (or ratio) group, P< 0.05

^cValue is significantly different from 10% Menhaden oil group within same timepoint and acid (or ratio) group, P< 0.05

^dValue is significantly different from soybean oil group within same timepoint and acid (or ratio) group, P< 0.05