Table 1.

Fatty acids amounts in patients treated with peritoneal dialysis, hemodialysis and controls.

Fatty acids amount	PD patients(n = 23)	HD patients(n = 10)	Control group(n = 22)
n-3 PUFA, %	3.56 ± 0.54	3.41 ± 0.63	5.08 ± 1.72
ALA, %	0.22 ± 0.09	0.19 ± 0.08	0.33 ± 0.11
EPA, %	0.61 ± 0.24	0.54 ± 0.26	1.16 ± 0.87
DHA, %	1.1 ± 0.4	1.2 ± 0.5	1.75 ± 0.87
n-6 PUFA, %	3.89 ± 1.19	4.03 ± 1.04	6.25 ± 1.64
Arachidonic acid, %	3.71 ± 1.17	3.84 ± 1.04	6.01 ± 1.61
Oleic acid, %	28.44 ± 3.28	26.34 ± 3.52	23.70 ± 2.96

Fatty acids amounts were expressed as percentages of total fatty acids by weight; p < .05 for all the variables for differences between dialysis patients and controls.