Table 2.

Correlation between serum levels of TNF-alpha versus liver desaturase, DHA and MMPs.

	Serum TNF-alpha
	r/rs	p
D5	−0.708	0.010
D6	−0.040	ns
D9-16	−0.611	0.035
D9-18	0.830	0.0008
DHA	−0.802	0.0017
MMP-2 activity	0.909	<0.0001
MMP-2 protein	0.887	0.0014

Pearson correlation (r) or Spearman (rs); ns: p value not significant. DHA, docosahexaenoic acid.