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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2019 Jan 9;29(4):343–350. doi: 10.1016/j.numecd.2018.12.010

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Relation between dietary and circulating (A) EPA, (B) DHA, (C) ALA, and (D) LA in plasma cholesteryl esters (n=4,066). Least-squares means and 95%CI were adjusted for age, sex, total energy intake, obesity, physical activity, smoking status, fasting status, total serum cholesterol, measurement year, alcohol intake, and prevalent diabetes.

Intake ranges: EPA (mg/d; Q1:0.0-8.3, Q3:28.7-50.9, Q5:85.6-692.0); DHA (mg/d; Q1:0.1-23.4, Q3:51.3-84.3, Q5:134.5-1061.6); ALA (g/d; Q1:0.19-0.63, Q3:0.83-1.07, Q5:1.46-3.89); LA (en%; Q1:1.2-3.8, Q3: 4.8-5.9, Q5:7.2-19.3).

P-for-trend <0.001 for EPA, DHA, and LA, and 0.80 for ALA.

ALA, alpha-linolenic acid; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; FA, fatty acids; LA, linoleic acid.