Table 5.
Mean and confidence interval for the low and high n-6:n-3 PUFA ratio groups by ethnicity across clinical, experimental, and psychosocial measures
| Low Ratio (n = AA -17 and NHW - 25) |
High Ratio (n = AA -29 and NHW -12) |
Analysis | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | 95% CI
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Mean | 95% CI
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| Ethnicity | Lower Bound |
Upper Bound |
Lower Bound |
Upper Bound |
F Value | P-value | |||
| n-6:n-3 PUFA ratio | AA | 5.30 | 4.63 | 5.97 | 9.64 | 9.05 | 10.23 | 124.03 | <.0001 |
| NHW | 5.44 | 4.54 | 6.34 | 10.87 | 9.74 | 12.00 | 166.93 | <.0001 | |
| WOMAC | AA | 24.14 | 15.73 | 32.56 | 41.27 | 33.90 | 48.65 | 12.29 | 0.001 |
| NHW | 26.56 | 14.61 | 38.51 | 29.24 | 14.24 | 44.24 | 0.23 | 0.634 | |
| Mechanical TS - Knee | AA | 26.01 | 15.41 | 36.61 | 32.78 | 23.50 | 42.07 | 1.21 | 0.277 |
| NHW | 2.78 | −7.11 | 12.67 | 12.67 | −0.19 | 24.63 | 4.19 | 0.049 | |
| PSS | AA | 10.74 | 7.44 | 14.03 | 16.08 | 13.43 | 18.73 | 8.39 | 0.006 |
| NHW | 13.02 | 8.04 | 17.99 | 15.21 | 8.96 | 21.45 | 0.89 | 0.352 | |
Adjusted for age, sex, and study site.
Abbreviations: AA= African Americans, NHW = non-Hispanic whites, and TS = temporal summation