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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Nutr Food Res. 2016 Mar 22;60(5):1206–1212. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201500744

TABLE 2.

Fatty acid composition of erythrocytes.

Women
 Men
 Overall
Name Structural
form		 g/100g SD g/100g SD g/100g SD
Myristic acid 14:0 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.1
Palmitic acid 16:0 24.6 3.0 25.1 1.7 24.7 2.7
Palmitoleic acid* 16:1n7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5
Stearic acid 18:0 20.9 1.1 21.0 1.0 20.9 1.1
Oleic acid 18:1Ω9 11.9 1.2 11.7 1.0 11.8 1.2
Linoleic acid 18:2Ω6 11.1 1.2 11.5 1.2 11.2 1.2
α-Linoleic acid 18:3Ω3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Arachidonic acid 20:4Ω6 17.0 1.7 16.6 1.4 16.9 1.6
Eicosapentaenoic acid* C20:5Ω3 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.2
Docosapentaenoic acid C22:5Ω3 2.3 0.4 2.5 0.6 2.4 0.5
Docosahexaenoic acid* C22:6Ω3 3.7 1.0 2.9 0.7 3.5 1.0
LC-Ω3-SUM1* 6.5 1.3 5.9 1.1 6.3 1.3

Data shown are average g/100g +/− SD

Sum of EPA+DPA+DHA

*

Significant differences between men and women (p < 0.05)