Table 2.
Unadjusted/Adjusted means for each PUFA for low & high n-6:n-3 PUFA ratio groups
| Low Ratio n = 42 |
High Ratio n = 41 |
Group Difference | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 95% CI | Mean | 95% CI | F-value | p-value | |||
| Lower Bound |
Upper Bound |
Lower Bound |
Upper Bound |
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| Omega-3 | ||||||||
| DHA% | 6 | 5.14 | 6.67 | 2 | 1.09 | 2.64 | 54.48 | <.0001 |
| 6.31 | 5.32 | 7.30 | 2.13 | 0.99 | 3.27 | 48.76 | <.0001 | |
| ALA% | 10 | 9.34 | 11.33 | 7 | 6.14 | 8.16 | 20.14 | <.0001 |
| 9.67 | 8.38 | 10.95 | 6.66 | 5.18 | 8.14 | 14.91 | 0.0002 | |
| EPA% | 1 | 1.04 | 1.38 | 0 | 0.15 | 0.50 | 49.99 | <.0001 |
| 1.19 | 0.96 | 1.41 | 0.36 | 0.09 | 0.62 | 36.99 | <.0001 | |
| Sum% | 17 | 16.35 | 18.56 | 9 | 8.23 | 10.46 | 105.43 | <.0001 |
| 17.17 | 15.73 | 18.61 | 9.14 | 7.48 | 10.80 | 84.45 | <.0001 | |
| Omega-6 | ||||||||
| AA% | 8 | 6.58 | 9.40 | 4 | 2.71 | 5.56 | 14.7 | 0.0002 |
| 9.76 | 8.13 | 11.39 | 5.85 | 3.97 | 7.73 | 15.66 | 0.0002 | |
| LA% | 75 | 72.63 | 76.48 | 87 | 84.58 | 88.47 | 75.53 | <.0001 |
| 73.07 | 70.72 | 75.42 | 85.01 | 82.30 | 87.72 | 70.20 | <.0001 | |
| Sum% | 83 | 81.45 | 83.65 | 91 | 89.54 | 91.77 | 105.38 | <.0001 |
| 82.84 | 81.40 | 84.28 | 90.86 | 89.20 | 92.52 | 84.43 | <.0001 | |
| n-6:n-3 Ratio | ||||||||
| n-6:n-3 ratio | 5 | 4.65 | 5.38 | 10 | 9.47 | 10.21 | 337.73 | <.0001 |
| 5.08 | 4.61 | 5.56 | 9.92 | 9.37 | 10.47 | 280.96 | <.0001 | |
Adjusted (italics) and unadjusted (bold), controlling for ethnicity, age, sex, and study site yielded similar findings.