Table 2.

Fatty acid status for moderately and severely depressed patients.

	Total	Moderate MDD (n = 63)	Severe MDD (n = 44)	t	p
Fatty acid	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)
EPA	0.49 (0.15)	0.47 (0.14)	0.51 (0.16)	−1.515	0.133
DHA	3.63 (0.79)	3.50 (0.71)	3.82 (0.87)	−2.077	0.040 *
All n-6	34.37 (1.32)	34.45 (1.26)	34.32 (1.40)	0.512	0.609
All n-3	6.45 (1.0)	6.26 (0.93)	6.71 (1.06)	−2.318	0.022 *
AA/EPA	35.10 (11.27)	36.08 (11.21)	33.74 (11.60)	1.045	0.298

Note: * p < 0.05. EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; DHA, docosahexaenoic; n-6, omega-6; n-3, omega-3; AA, arachidonic acid.