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. 2013 Jun 24;8(6):e66697. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066697

Table 4. Fatty acid correlations with reading ability and working memory.

Reading ability Working memory
(n = 493) (Digits forward, n = 493)
Rho P-Value Rho P-Value
Omega-3 fatty acids:
ALA (18∶3, n-3) 0.07 0.147 −0.03 0.524
SDA (20∶3, n-3) −0.10 0.032 −0.10 0.035
EPA (20∶5, n-3) 0.06 0.223 0.13 0.004
DPA (22∶5, n-3) 0.10 0.032 0.09 0.038
DHA (22∶6, n-3) 0.11 0.011 0.14 0.002
EPA+DHA (“Omega-3Index”) 0.11 0.02 0.16 0.000
Total Omega-3 0.11 0.014 0.13 0.003
Omega-6 fatty acids:
LA (18∶2, n-6) 0.08 0.081 0.02 0.649
GLA (18∶3, n-6) 0.05 0.303 −0.06 0.224
DGLA (20∶3, n-6) 0.04 0.44 0.01 0.815
AA (20∶4, n-6) 0.07 0.15 0.04 0.392
Adrenic (22∶4, n-6) 0.01 0.912 0.01 0.787
DPA (22∶5, n-6) −0.04 0.426 −0.03 0.579
Total Omega-6 0.10 0.029 0.01 0.865

Spearman’s correlations.