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.