Figure 5. Effect of FO intake on allergen-induced changes in lung resistance (A) and elastance (B).

Airway hyperreactivity was measured as changes that were induced by increasing methacholine concentrations 24 hours after the last antigen challenge. Sensitized, saline-challenged (SC-SAL); sensitized, ovalbumin-challenged (SC-OVA); sensitized, saline-challenged given fish oil (FO-SAL) and sensitized, ovalbumin-challenged with fish oil (FO-OVA). In the signaled cases, P<0.05 compared with the SC-SAL group (+) and the SC-OVA group (*) (one-way ANOVA and post-hoc Holm-Sidak test). Values are the means ± S.E.M. and are representative of 2 independent experiments (n=6 per group per experiment).