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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 3.

No changes in the total fatty acid content of plasma lipid classes

Plasma Lipid Classes
(nmol/ml; n=55)		 Baseline
(Median)		 12-week
(Median)		 % Change
(Median)		 P-value
(Median)
Total fatty acids 9512 (7784, 11586) 9552 (7978, 11394) +0.4 0.89
Total PL 3663 (3159, 4101) 3622 (3204, 3971) −1.1 0.43
Total TG 2519 (1679, 3563) 2479 (1692, 3422) −1.6 0.67
Total CE 2827 (2498, 3285) 2995 (2596, 3433) +6.0 0.46
Total FFA 342 (235, 441) 362 (275, 446) +6.0 0.63

Pre-to-post comparisons of total plasma fatty acids in plasma lipid classes were analyzed with the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test for matched pairs. Abbreviations: PL: phospholipid; TG: triglyceride; CE: cholesteryl ester; FFA: free fatty acids.