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. 2013 Oct 24;8(10):e76575. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076575

Table 2. Variables significantly different by paired t-test pre vs. post intervention at α ≤ 0.0002 (adjusted for multiple comparisons).

Metabolite Mean Pre SD Pre Mean Post SD Post P-value
Metabolites that increased post supplementation
PC22:6n3 (nmol/g) 127 34.7 215 36.6 < 0.0001
PC20:5n3 (nmol/g) 32.8 19.9 182.2 53.9 < 0.0001
CE20:5n3 (nmol/g) 27.0 17.8 152.1 59.3 < 0.0001
TG22:6n3 (nmol/g) 13.5 6.63 69.6 26.5 < 0.0001
TG22:5n3 (nmol/g) 8.18 2.50 21.8 9.85 0.0001
TG20:5n3 (nmol/g) 4.87 3.53 50.4 21.0 < 0.0001
PE20:5n3 (nmol/g) 4.44 2.34 22.8 9.25 < 0.0001
LY20:5n3 (nmol/g) 0.588 0.413 3.28 1.42 < 0.0001
17,18-DiHETE (nmol/L) 0.476 0.155 2.68 1.35 < 0.0001
5-oxo-ETE (nmol/L) 0.458 0.122 3.46 1.91 < 0.0001
16,17-DiHDPE (nmol/L) 0.245 0.075 0.492 0.170 0.0002
10(11)-EpDPE (nmol/L) 0.162 0.094 0.548 0.271 < 0.0001
8,9-DiHETE (nmol/L) 0.069 0.031 0.457 0.223 < 0.0001
14,15-DiHETE (nmol/L) 0.060 0.027 0.413 0.221 < 0.0001
16(17)-EpDPE (nmol/L) 0.056 0.046 0.222 0.121 0.0001
11,12-DiHETE (nmol/L) 0.040 0.022 0.243 0.115 < 0.0001
Metabolites that decreased post supplementation
PC18:2n6 (nmol/g) 958.54 212.13 779.99 206.65 0.0002
CE18:3n6 (nmol/g) 25.6 12.6 13.2 7.28 0.0001
PC22:4n6 (nmol/g) 12.0 2.54 6.95 2.15 < 0.0001
PE20:3n6 (nmol/g) 8.59 2.91 5.32 2.45 < 0.0001
PC22:5n6 (nmol/g) 8.49 3.43 3.86 1.52 < 0.0001