TABLE 2.

Association between DHA intake and breast-milk PUFAs by quartile of DHA intake

PUFAs (g/100 g)		DHA intake (mg/day)				P
		Q1 (<14.58)	Q2 (14.58–43.15)	Q3 (43.16–118.82)	Q4 (≥118.82)
n-6	LA	0.359 ± 0.198	0.386 ± 0.190	0.397 ± 0.168	0.369 ± 0.207	0.52
	GLA	0.039 (0.021–0.056)	0.039 (0.026–0.061)	0.042 (0.025–0.053)	0.036 (0.022–0.053)	0.67
	DGLA	0.052 (0.030–0.071)	0.054 (0.037–0.071)	0.052 (0.036–0.078)	0.049 (0.027–0.075)	0.64
	ARA	0.076 ± 0.039	0.085 ± 0.041	0.086 ± 0.039	0.076 ± 0.044	0.20
	DTA	0.019 (0.011–0.024)	0.018 (0.012–0.025)	0.019 (0.012–0.027)	0.016 (0.010–0.024)	0.26
n-3	ALA	0.143 (0.084–0.197)	0.137 (0.096–0.185)	0.154 (0.103–0.189)	0.149 (0.086–0.208)	0.87
	EPA	0.007 (0.004–0.011)	0.008 (0.005–0.012)	0.007 (0.005–0.011)	0.007 (0.005–0.011)	0.56
	DHA	0.044 (0.028–0.061)	0.049 (0.032–0.072)	0.053 (0.033–0.068)	0.048 (0.028–0.063)	0.15

Values are means ± SDs for normal distribution or medians (25th to 75th percentiles) for skewed distributed variables.