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. 2013 May;54(5):1477–1483. doi: 10.1194/jlr.P027516

TABLE 5.

Interactions of 18:2n-6 and 18:3n-3 with FADS1 rs174550 genotypes on erythrocyte PUFA

Low
High
Erythrocyte PUFAs (%) TT TC CC P TT TC CC P P for Interaction
18:2 n-6 11.7 ± 0.1 12.1 ± 0.1 12.2 ± 0.1 16.0 ± 0.1 16.3 ± 0.1 16.8 ± 0.1
20:4n-6 13.58 ± 0.06 12.82 ± 0.07 11.91 ± 0.15 7.38 × 10−31 13.41 ± 0.06 12.59 ± 0.05 11.42 ± 0.08 1.14 × 10−79 0.47
18:3 n-3 0.18 ± 0.001 0.19 ± 0.002 0.20 ± 0.003 0.35 ± 0.01 0.36 ± 0.01 0.36 ± 0.01
EPA 0.46 ± 0.01 0.43 ± 0.01 0.38 ± 0.02 5.17 × 10−7 0.45 ± 0.01 0.45 ± 0.01 0.40 ± 0.01 8.07 × 10−13 0.09
DHA 4.54 ± 0.03 4.49 ± 0.04 4.49 ± 0.08 0.38 4.30 ± 0.04 4.29 ± 0.04 4.33 ± 0.06 0.83 0.96

Data are means ± SE. P values were adjusted for age, sex, BMI, residence (urban/rural), and region (Beijing/Shanghai) using an additive model. Low and high groups are stratified by medians of erythrocyte 18:2n-6 and 18:3n-3 (in bold), respectively.