Table 2.

Fatty Acid Levels in depressed and non-depressed acute coronary syndrome patients^*

Variable	Depression Status		p-value
	Depressed (PHQ ≥10) n=118	Not Depressed (PHQ<10) N=641
n-3 Fatty Acids
Alpha-linolenic acid	0.2% (±0.4)	0.1% (±0.3)	0.166
Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)	0.3% (±0.4)	0.3% (±0.5)	0.260
Docosapentaenoic acid (n-3)	1.5% (±0.6)	1.7% (±0.6)	0.006
Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)	2.6% (±1.2)	3.0% (±1.5)	0.008
EPA+DHA	2.9% (±1.5)	3.3% (±1.8)	0.002
Total n-3	4.8% (±1.8)	5.5% (±2.0)	0.001
n-6† Fatty Acids
Linoleic acid	14.1% (±2.6)	14.3% (±2.5)	0.477
Gamma-linolenic acid	0.1% (±0.3)	0.1% (±0.3)	0.941
Dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid (DGLA)	1.6% (±0.6)	1.8% (±0.5)	0.002
Arachidonic acid (AA)	13.9%(±4.4)	14.2%(±3.6)	0.415
Docosapentaenoic acid (n-6)	0.7% (±0.5)	0.7% (±0.5)	0.652
Total n-6	33.6% (±5.2)	34.3% (±4.3)	0.117

n-3, omega-3; n-6, omega-6; PHQ, Patient Health Questionnaire.

^*The 2-sample t-test was used to compare fatty acid levels between depressed and non-depressed patients.