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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 18.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Nutr Food Res. 2015 Jul 7;59(9):1780–1790. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201500161

Table 7.

Correlations between changes in erythrocyte and plasma n-3 index and changes in breast adipose n-3 index

Change in adipose: Pearson correlations
 Spearman correlations
Change in plasma n-3 index Change in RBC n-3 index Change in plasma n-3 index Change in RBC n-3 index
EPA 0.43 0.33 0.50 0.41
0.03 0.11 0.01 0.04
DHA 0.36 0.27 0.57 0.49
0.08 0.19 0.003 0.01
Total n-3 0.21 0.17 0.20 0.22
0.32 0.43 0.34 0.29
n-3/n-6 Ratio 0.25 0.21 0.20 0.19
0.22 0.32 0.34 0.36
n-3 Index 0.40 0.30 0.68 0.56
0.05 0.14 0.0002 0.004

Values are correlations and p-values. RBC = erythrocyte.