Table 5.

Erythrocyte fatty acid composition

	Pre-CR	Post-CR
C14:0 (%)	0.289 ± 0.021	0.270 ± 0.025
C:16 (%)	25.5 ± 0.7	25.9 ± 1.2
C16:1n7 (%)	0.264 ± 0.025	0.240 ± 0.032
C:18 (%)	18.9 ± 0.4	18.9 ± 0.6
C18:1n9 (%)	13.8 ± 0.4	13.9 ± 0.3
C18:1n7 (%)	1.07 ± 0.04	1.16 ± 0.07
C18:2n6 (%)	8.82 ± 0.38	8.36 ± 0.33
C18:3n6 (%)	0.116 ± 0.041	0.139 ± 0.021
C18:3n3 (%)	0.0763 ± 0.0217	0.0712 ± 0.0136
C18:4n3 (%)	0.0285 ± 0.0129	0.0179 ± 0.0119
C20:0 (%)	0.517 ± 0.021	0.475 ± 0.018
C20:1n9 (%)	0.265 ± 0.014	0.285 ± 0.012
C20:2n6 (%)	0.243 ± 0.012	0.247 ± 0.012
C20:3n6 (%)	1.12 ± 0.11	1.02 ± 0.10
C20:4n6 (%)	10.7 ± 0.8	11.3 ± 1.2
C20:5n3 (%)	0.588 ± 0.052	0.845 ± 0.165*
C22:0 (%)	1.64 ± 0.08	1.39 ± 0.08*
C22:1n9 (%)	0.288 ± 0.133	0.394 ± 0.193
C22:4n6 (%)	2.04 ± 0.21	2.03 ± 0.24
C22:5n6 (%)	1.23 ± 0.12	1.34 ± 0.18
C24:0 (%)	4.45 ± 0.22	3.89 ± 0.18*
C22:6n3 (%)	2.90 ± 0.27	3.14 ± 0.38
C24:1n9 (%)	4.70 ± 0.17	4.34 ± 0.29
SFA (%)	51.3 ± 1.3	50.8 ± 1.9
MUFA (%)	20.4 ± 0.6	20.3 ± 0.6
PUFA (%)	28.2 ± 1.7	28.9 ± 2.3
n-6 (%)	23.4 ± 1.3	23.5 ± 1.7
n-3 (%)	4.82 ± 0.40	5.42 ± 0.60
n-6/n-3	5.13 ± 0.32	5.26 ± 0.87
n-3 INDEX	3.49 ± 0.31	3.99 ± 0.52

Statistical analysis: Two-way ANOVA. p < 0.05 (CR) Significant effect of calorie restriction One-Way ANOVA. p < 0.05. (*) Significant differences between pre- and post-calorie restriction