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. 2013 Feb 7;8(2):e55603. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055603

Table 2. Fatty acid profile of mouse sera^†.

Fatty acids		Low-fat (control)		High-fat (corn oil)		High-fat (flaxseed oil)
		Mean^‡	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Saturated FA		28.84^a	0.59	29.14^a	0.73	29.12^a	0.57
n-3 PUFA	ALA	0.77^a	0.084	0.84^a	0.10	2.59^b	0.62
	EPA	0.27^a	0.052	0.23^a	0.11	2.11^b	0.52
	DHA	2.99^a	0.23	2.84^a	0.25	4.11^b	0.40
	total	4.25^a	0.24	4.14^a	0.38	9.55^b	1.25
n-6 PUFA	LA	23.76^a	1.27	26.20^b	0.51	28.47^c	1.57
	AA	14.52^a	1.46	15.41^a	1.12	7.57^b	1.34
	total	39.68^a	2.14	43.12^b	0.78	37.37^c	2.43
n-7cis PUFA		4.25^a	0.93	3.33^b	0.65	3.24^b	0.34
n-9cis PUFA		17.22^a	1.72	15.46^b	0.94	15.56^b	1.44
n-6 to n-3 ratio		9.34		10.42		3.91

^†

Serum analyses: n = 8−10 per group; animals were not fasted prior to measurement.

^‡

Percent of total fatty acids.

^a,b,c

Mean values within a row with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (ANOVA; P<0.05).