. 2014 Jun 11;13:96. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-13-96

Table 1.

Fatty acid composition of the phosphatidylcholine fraction within mammary glands adjacent to tumours

Mammary gland PC fatty acids	Diet
Mammary gland PC fatty acids	0%	3%	9%
LA (18:2n-6)	30.8 ± 2.1^a	20.9 ± 2.3^b	11.9 ± 1.6^c
AA (20:4n-6)	8.3 ± 0.5^a	3.8 ± 0.2^b	7.9 ± 2.1^ab
DPA (22:5n-6)	0.8 ± 0.1^a	trace^b	trace^b
ALA (18:3n-3)	trace^a	trace^a	trace^a
EPA (20:5n-3)	trace^a	0.7 ± 0.1^b	4.0 ± 0.8^c
DPA (22:5n-3)	trace^a	0.3 ± 0.4^ab	1.9 ± 0.9^b
DHA (22:6n-3)	trace^a	trace^a	trace^a
Total n-6	41.4 ± 1.7^a	25.2 ± 2.1^b	20.3 ± 1.2^c
Total n-3	0.03 ± 0.03^a	1.1 ± 0.5^b	6.0 ± 1.5^c
n-6/n-3 ratio	1292.3^a	23.8 ± 8.5^b	3.4 ± 1.0^c
Total SFA	43.6 ± 1.1^a	45.9 ± 0.4^ab	52.6 ± 0.9^b
Total MUFA	14.1 ± 1.7^a	23.4 ± 2.0^a	21.0 ± 1.9^b
Total PUFA	41.7 ± 1.3^a	26.4 ± 2.6^b	26.4 ± 1.4^c
P/S Ratio	1.0 ± 0.1^a	0.6 ± 0.04^b	0.5 ± 0.05^c

n = 4 for the 3% n-3 PUFA diet, n = 5 for both the 0% n-3 and 9% n-3 PUFA dietary interventions. Values in the same row not sharing the same superscript are significantly different from one another as determined by a one-way ANOVA (p < 0.05).