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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2012 Sep 5;87(4-5):135–141. doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2012.08.004

Table 1.

Median fatty acid contents of the LA lowering dietary interventions

Diet Group Calories Fat SFA PUFA n-6 LA n-3 ALA n-3 EPA + DHA
Pre-intervention Phase
Combined (n=55) 1861 33.4 10.5 7.6 6.7 0.7 46 mg
Intervention Phase
Combined (n=55) 1742 30.7 13.2 4.4 2.4 1.1 305 mg
Group 1 (n=28) 1859 30.4 14.0 3.5 2.4 0.7 76 mg
Group 2a (n=27) 1596 30.7 12.9 6.0 2.5 1.6 1,482 mg

Fatty acid intake is expressed as a percentage of daily food energy (en%), except for n-3 EPA+DHA, which is expressed in mg. Based on six 24-hour dietary recalls administered on non-consecutive days. One of the 56 randomized subjects did not complete 24-hour recalls.

a

Indicates that dietary n-3 ALA, EPA and DHA were increased in Group 2 only. Abbreviations: Fat: total fat; SFA: total saturated fat; PUFA, total polyunsaturated fat; LA: linoleic acid; ALA: alpha-linolenic acid; EPA: eicosapentaenoic acid; DHA: docosahexaenoic acid.