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Published in final edited form as: Mol Nutr Food Res. 2015 Jul 7;59(9):1780–1790. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201500161

Table 6.

Pearson correlations of changes in fatty acid composition of total lipids in plasma, erythrocyte membranes, and breast adipose from 0 to 3 months with baseline weight, BMI, and age

		Correlation (p-value)
		Weight	BMI	Age
Plasma	EPA Change	−0.46	−0.42	−0.17
		(0.02)	(0.03)	(0.43)
	DHA Change	−0.36	−0.30	−0.06
		(0.07)	(0.14)	(0.79)
Erythrocyte	EPA Change	−0.47	−0.51	−0.31
		(0.02)	(0.009)	(0.13)
	DHA Change	−0.29	−0.16	0.16
		(0.16)	(0.44)	(0.46)
Adipose	EPA Change	−0.48	−0.44	−0.19
		(0.02)	(0.03)	(0.36)
	DHA Change	−0.43	−0.44	−0.15
		(0.03)	(0.03)	(0.48)

Bolded values indicate statistically significant associations (p < 0.05).