Fig. 3.

Effects of fish oil (FO), flaxseed oil (FLX) and soy bean oil (SBO) on fasting plasma amino acids, shown as changes as compared to the pretreatment values (mean ± SD; n = 17 in each treatment arm; *: p < 0.05 for the change from the baseline; a: p < 0.05 as compared to flaxseed oil). Paired t-test was performed to determine the significance of within-group change. Inter-group comparisons were performed by analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), adjusted for the baseline values. When the overall difference among the groups was significant in ANCOVA, post-hoc pair wise group comparisons were performed using the Bonferroni multiple comparisons procedure to determine the significant differences.