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Table 2.

Difference in biomarker concentration (%TPFA) per increase in daily intake and correlations between biomarker concentration and intake from Spearman statistics unless indicated otherwise (n = 255).

	Regression Coefficients (95% CI) from Linear Regressions		Correlation Coefficients
	Non-Adjusted	Adjusted for Age, Parity, BMI, Smoking, and Total Energy Intake	Correlation Coefficients
EPA	0.05 (0.02; 0.08) % per 100 mg/day **	0.05 (0.02; 0.08) % per 100 mg/day *	0.24 ***
DHA	0.05 (0.01; 0.08) % per 100 mg/day *	0.05 (0.01; 0.08) % per 100 mg/day *	0.18 *
EPA + DHA	0.05 (0.02; 0.08) % per 100 mg/day *	0.05 (0.02; 0.08) % per 100 mg/day *	0.21 **
ALA	0.03 (0.01; 0.05) % per 1 g/day	0.07 (0.03; 0.10) % per 1 g /day **	0.15 ^a
LA	0.10 (−0.01; 0.22) % per 1 g/day	0.17 (−0.04; 0.38) % per 1 g/day	0.08
AA	0.01 (−0.02; 0.03) % per 10 mg/day	0.02 (−0.01; 0.04) % per 10 mg/day	0.05 ^a

BOLD = p < 0.05, * = p < 0.01, ** = p < 0.001, *** = p < 0.0001. ^a Pearson correlation. AA: arachidonic acid; ALA: α-linolenic acid; BMI: body mass index; DHA: docohexaenoic acid; EPA: eicosapentaenoic acid; LA: linoleic acid; %TPFA: percentage of total plasma fatty acids.