Table 2. Fatty acid proportions in plasma cholesteryl esters in 279 Dutch fatal CHD cases and 279 matched controls. ^*,† .

Fatty acids (g/100 g) ‡		Cases	Controls	P-value §
MP-1		N = 222	N = 222
Linoleic acid	C18∶2n-6	42.9±7.0	43.8±6.3	0.15
Arachidonic acid	C20∶4n-6	3.8±1.1	3.9±1.2	0.54
Alpha-linolenic acid	C18∶3n-3	0.39±0.13	0.38±0.14	0.56
EPA	C20∶5n-3	0.59±0.45	0.59±0.42	0.73
DHA	C22∶6n-3	0.33±0.16	0.33±0.15	0.59
EPA-DHA	C20∶5n-3+C22∶6n-3	0.92±0.57	0.91±0.54	0.996

^*Fatty acid levels are expressed as mass percentages (g/100 g).

^†Controls were matched on age, gender, cohort, and enrollment date.

^‡Fatty acid levels are expressed as means ± SD.

^§Paired t-test, log transformed values were used for EPA, DHA, and EPA+DHA.