Table 2.
Demographics (Number of subjects and percentages; mean values and standard deviations)
| Total sample (n 67)
|
L6 diet (n 34)
|
H3-L6 diet (n 33)
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 9 | 13·4 | 4 | 11·6 | 5 | 15·2 |
| Female | 58 | 84·6 | 30 | 88·2 | 25 | 80·6 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 58 | 86·6 | 30 | 88·1 | 28 | 84·8 |
| African-American | 7 | 10·5 | 3 | 8·8 | 4 | 12·1 |
| American Indian | 2 | 3·0 | 1 | 3·0 | 1 | 3·2 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married | 38 | 56·7 | 19 | 55·9 | 19 | 57·5 |
| Partnered | 9 | 13·4 | 5 | 14·7 | 4 | 12·1 |
| Single | 13 | 19·4 | 6 | 17·6 | 7 | 21·2 |
| Widowed, divorced | 7 | 10·4 | 4 | 11·8 | 3 | 9·1 |
| Education | ||||||
| High school | 4 | 6·1 | 2 | 6·2 | 2 | 6·1 |
| Some college | 16 | 24·2 | 6 | 18·7 | 10 | 30·3 |
| Bachelor’s degree | 19 | 29·2 | 11 | 34·4 | 8 | 24·2 |
| Master’s or higher | 26 | 40·0 | 13 | 39·4 | 13 | 40·6 |
| Employment | ||||||
| Employed | 44 | 66·7 | 21 | 63·6 | 23 | 69·7 |
| Student | 5 | 7·6 | 2 | 6·1 | 3 | 9·1 |
| Retired/caretaker | 6 | 9·1 | 3 | 9·1 | 3 | 9·1 |
| Disabled/unemployed | 11 | 16·7 | 7 | 20·0 | 4 | 12·1 |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| Range: 18·7–62·4 | ||||||
| Mean | 41·6 | 42·5 | 41·0 | |||
| SD | 11·5 | 11·0 | 12·3 | |||
L6, average-n-3, low-n-6 diet; H3-L6, high-n-3, low-n-6 diet.