Table 2.

Membrane fatty acid profile in erythrocytes.

Fatty acid (%)	Baseline	End point	P value
Saturated	42.33 ± 5.20	40.58 ± 3.51	0.125
16:0	22.22 ± 4.54	20.24 ± 2.45	0.066
18:0	19.96 ± 2.61	20.34 ± 2.53	0.655
Monounsaturated	15.89 ± 2.10	14.79 ± 1.55	<0.05
16:1n-7	0.31 ± 0.16	0.34 ± 0.14	0.483
18:1n-9	13.99 ± 1.94	12.94 ± 1.44	<0.05
18:1n-7	1.58 ± 0.42	1.51 ± 0.24	0.414
n-6 polyunsaturated	35.86 ± 5.72	37.58 ± 3.16	0.108
18:2n-6	12.50 ± 1.35	12.34 ± 1.67	0.591
20:3n-6	2.20 ± 0.57	2.09 ± 0.56	0.557
20:4n-6	17.13 ± 4.27	18.28 ± 2.49	0.090
22:4n-6	4.48 ± 1.26	4.74 ± 0.83	0.273
n-3 polyunsaturated	5.91 ± 1.59	7.05 ± 2.16	<0.05
20:5n-3	0.32 ± 0.19	0.44 ± 0.47	0.171
22:5n-3	1.71 ± 0.41	1.87 ± 0.26	0.227
22:6n-3	3.89 ± 1.24	4.74 ± 1.60	<0.05
Total polyunsaturated	41.77 ± 6.69	44.63 ± 3.89	0.062
n-6/n-3	6.51 ± 1.96	5.72 ± 1.48	<0.05
Unsaturation index	169.62 ± 25.42	178.81 ± 16.60	0.05

Data are presented as mean ± SD.