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Published in final edited form as: Br J Nutr. 2013 Sep 24;111(4):679–689. doi: 10.1017/S0007114513002985

Table 6. Age differences in change in EPA and DHA in plasma fractions, cells and AT following 12-months supplementation with EPA + DHA.

	EPA			DHA
	Middle vs. Young¹	Old vs. Young¹	P ²	Middle vs. Young¹	Old vs. Young¹	P ²
Plasma PC	0.27 [−0.10, 0.64]	0.14 [−0.23, 0.51]	0.35	0.30 [−0.28, 0.87]	0.22 [−0.35, 0.79]	0.59
Plasma CE	0.14 [−0.20, 0.47]	0.28 [−0.06, 0.61]	0.26	0.05 [−0.07, 0.17]	0.00 [−0.12, 0.12]	0.68
Plasma NEFA	0.25 [0.04, 0.47]	0.19 [−0.02, 0.41]	0.07	0.20 [−0.37, 0.76]	0.09 [−0.47, 0.66]	0.79
Plasma TAG	0.42 [0.05, 0.78]	−0.05 [−0.42, 0.32]	0.02	0.15 [−0.28, 0.59]	−0.20 [−0.64, 0.23]	0.23
MNC	−0.01 [−0.34, 0.32]	−0.18 [−0.51, 0.15]	0.46	0.09 [−0.22, 0.41]	−0.01 [−0.33, 0.31]	0.76
RBC	−0.46 [−1.56, 0.64]	−0.96 [−2.06, 0.14]	0.23	0.14 [−0.53, 0.81]	−0.06 [−0.74, 0.61]	0.82
PLAT	0.40 [0.05, 0.75]	0.13 [−0.22, 0.47]	0.07	0.13 [−0.12, 0.37]	−0.01 [−0.26, 0.24]	0.45
BU	1.89 [−0.49, 4.27]	1.45 [−0.92, 3.82]	0.28	−0.02 [−0.24, 0.21]	−0.19 [−0.42, 0.03]	0.16
AT	0.00 [−0.05, 0.05]	−0.01 [−0.06, 0.04]	0.91	−0.03 [−0.09, 0.03]	−0.08 [−0.14, −0.02]	0.02

Data are mean difference [95% CI] in the change in EPA or DHA expressed as percentage of total fatty acids between different age categories, adjusted for treatment group, compliance and BMI.

Analysis is change regressed on Middle vs. Young and Old vs. Young with a global test for age group presented, adjusted for treatment group, compliance and BMI.