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. 2018 Jan 24;13(1):e0191121. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191121

Table 1. Proportion of fatty acids in egg yolk at 39 weeks (n = 10 for each condition).

  Ad Rt P-value
  Ad Supp Ctrl Supp Diet Supp Diet*Supp
C18:2 20.65 ± 0.47 20.37 ± 0.34 21.67 ± 0.47 20.82 ± 0.26 0.07 0.15 0.46
C18:3 1.08 ± 0.05 0.95 ± 0.02 1.10 ± 0.05 0.98 ± 0.03 0.43 0.004 0.89
C20:4 n-6 1.47 ± 0.13 1.32 ± 0.06 1.60 ± 0.13 1.33 ± 0.07 0.48 0.05 0.56
C20:5 n-3 0.06 ± 0.01 0.11 ± 0.01 0.06 ± 0.02 0.13 ± 0.01 0.52 <0.0001 0.52
C22:4 n-6 0.19 ± 0.03 0.09 ± 0.01 0.19 ± 0.03 0.08 ± 0.01 0.93 <0.0001 0.97
C22:5 n-3 0.29 ± 0.02 0.38 ± 0.02 0.27 ± 0.02 0.41 ± 0.03 0.96 <0.0001 0.35
C22:6 n-3 1.33 ± 0.11 2.19 ± 0.11 1.33 ± 0.11 2.11 ± 0.11 0.73 <0.0001 0.74
n-6 22.32 ± 0.53 21.79 ± 0.34 23.47 ± 0.54 22.24 ± 0.29 0.07 0.05 0.43
n-3 2.78 ± 0.10 3.64 ± 0.12 2.78 ± 0.13 3.64 ± 0.12 0.97 <0.0001 0.98
n-6/n-3 8.09 ± 0.27 6.06 ± 0.26 8.58 ±0.43 6.15 ±0.20 0.33 <0.0001 0.51

Results are presented as lsmeans ± SEM. P values of the effects of diet, supplementation and the interaction between diet and supplementation were considered as significant if P ≤ 0.05. Ad: ad libitum, Rt: restricted, Supp: supplemented, Ctrl: control unsupplemented