Table 5.
Lipoprotein particle size following supplementation with 0–1 g/day n-3 LCPUFA from HiDHA™ tuna oil (values median (25th percentile, 75th percentile); n = 29).
| 0 g/day (n = 12) 0 weeks |
0 g/day (n = 12) 8 weeks |
0.35 g/day (n = 15) 0 weeks |
0.35 g/day (n = 15) 8 weeks |
0.7 g/day (n = 13) 0 weeks |
0.7 g/day (n = 13) 8 weeks |
1 g/day (n = 13) 0 weeks |
1 g/day (n = 13) 8 weeks |
Dose Effect (R2, p Value) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDL Radius (nm) | 10.9 (10.8, 11.0) | 10.9 (10.7, 10.9) | 11.0 (10.4, 11.1) | 10.9 (10.4, 11.1) | 10.9 (10.6, 11.1) | 10.7 (10.5, 11.0) | 10.9 (10.7, 11.0) | 10.8 (10.8, 11.3) | p = 0.15 |
| % HDL2b | 37 (32, 43) | 33 (31, 44) | 35 (16, 38) | 35 (23, 38) | 41 (28, 49) | 46 (38, 50) | 32 (28, 47) | 42 (27, 52) | R2 = 0.05, p = 0.04 |
| % HDL2a | 30 (27, 33) | 28 (26, 37) | 24 (22, 31) | 25 (22, 31) | 26 (21, 35) | 26 (21, 32) | 31 (22, 33) | 31 (24, 33) | p = 0.22 |
| % HDL3a | 19 (15, 23) | 20 (15, 23) | 20 (18, 29) | 19 (17, 27) | 19 (15, 25) | 18 (14, 22) | 18 (16, 20) | 17 (13, 19) | p = 0.24 |
| % HDL3b | 12 (7, 14) | 11 (7, 16) | 13 (10, 20) | 13 (10, 18) | 11 (7, 14) | 9 (2, 12) | 17 (11, 18) | 9 (8, 19) | R2 = 0.02, p = 0.07 |
| % HDL3c | 0.8 (0.0, 3.3) | 0.3 (0.0, 3.9) | 6.0 (0.6, 11.5) | 6.1 (0.0, 12.5) | 1.2 (0.0, 8.2) | 1.9 (0.0, 8.2) | 1.2 (0.6, 3.0) | 0.6 (0.0, 2.1) | p = 0.10 |
Abbreviations: LDL: low density lipoprotein; HDL: high density lipoprotein.