TABLE 2.

Serum FA profile from individuals given FA supplements for 6 weeks

	0.0.			EPA (Low)			EPA (High)			DHA
Lipid	Pre	Post	Pa	Pre	Post	P	Pre	Post	P	Pre	Post	P
Omega3	5.678 ± 0.474	5.635 ± 0.526	0.847	5.376 ± 0.340	6.657 ± 0.354	<0.001	5.554 ± 0.438	9.255 ± 0.607	<0.001	5.386 ± 0.258	7.628 ± 0.323	<0.001
AA/EPA	17.06 ± 2.211	17.13 ± 1.747	0.971	17.51 ± 2.066	9.029 ± 1.321	<0.001	18.85 ± 2.144	5.833 ± 1.530	<0.001	16.18 ± 1.627	15.97 ± 1.323	0.822
AA/DHA	4.084 ± 0.420	4.158 ± 0.444	0.576	4.347 ± 0.294	4.267 ± 0.339	0.600	4.161 ± 0.343	3.867 ± 0.327	0.114	3.854 ± 0.271	2.076 ± 0.215	<0.001
N3/N6	0.151 ± 0.014	0.152 ± 0.017	0.827	0.139 ± 0.010	0.18 ± 0.012	<0.001	0.146 ± 0.013	0.266 ± 0.021	<0.001	0.141 ± 0.007	0.209 ± 0.010	<0.001
AA	11.60 ± 0.495	11.52 ± 0.559	0.731	12.86 ± 0.455	12.42 ± 0.548	0.082	12.63 ± 0.475	11.40 ± 0.462	<0.001	11.74 ± 0.354	10.90 ± 0.361	0.022
EPA	0.959 ± 0.111	0.937 ± 0.130	0.851	0.95 ± 0.100	1.901 ± 0.177	<0.001	0.895 ± 0.123	3.871 ± 0.371	<0.001	0.891 ± 0.082	0.770 ± 0.050	0.030
DHA	3.586 ± 0.353	3.579 ± 0.379	0.937	3.287 ± 0.251	3.258 ± 0.231	0.865	3.566 ± 0.315	3.316 ± 0.219	0.220	3.332 ± 0.182	5.973 ± 0.331	<0.001
SCD-18	0.86 ± 0.041	0.874 ± 0.036	0.447	0.818 ± 0.028	0.808 ± 0.024	0.551	0.839 ± 0.024	0.768 ± 0.023	<0.001	0.853 ± 0.022	0.794 ± 0.022	0.004
SCD-16	0.010 ± 0.001	0.010 ± 0.001	0.774	0.009 ± 0.000	0.009 ± 0.000	0.638	0.010 ± 0.001	0.008 ± 0.000	0.057	0.011 ± 0.001	0.009 ± 0.001	0.003

Data shown as means ± standard error of 26 individuals. All concentrations are expressed as mg/dl. Omega 3, total DHA plus EPA; AA, arachidonic acid; SCD-18, 18:l(n-9)/18:0; SCD-16,16:l(n-7)/16:0.

^aPaired t-test (two-tailed).