Table 2. Characteristics of the study population, consisting of overweight middle-aged men in the upper tertile of omega-3 index (HOI) compared to those in the two lower tertiles (LOI). Data are means ± standard deviations.

	LOI	HOI	p-value
n	31	16
Age (years)	46.0 ± 5.0	47.4 ± 5.3	0.38
BMI (kg/m2)	27.8 ± 1.7	26.7 ± 1.7	0.041
Socioeconomic status (NZDep2006)	4.0 ± 2.5	3.9 ± 2.0	0.88
Physical activity levels (IPAQ)	4322 ± 4058	4442 ± 4038	0.75
Total energy intake (kJ/day)	9150 ± 3043	10063 ± 2202	0.29
Saturated fat intake (g/day)	30.4 ± 13.7	31.1 ± 8.6	0.86