Table 3.

Fatty acids of breast milk samples collected from mothers participating in the study and differences between lower and higher RLC score groups. MCFA (medium chain fatty acids), LCFA (long chain fatty acids), LCFA-S (long chain saturated fatty acids), MUFA (monounsaturated fatty acids), PUFA (polyunsaturated fatty acids).

	All women (N = 146) Mean (SE)		Lower RLC (N = 74) Mean (SE)		Higher RLC (N = 72) Mean (SE)
	g/100 g fat	g/100 ml milk	g/100 g fat	g/100 ml milk	g/100 g fat	g/100 ml milk
C10:0	2.1 (0.06)	0.09 (0.004)	2.2 (0.08)	**0.10 (0.006)	2.0 (0.09)	**0.08 (0.005)
C12:0	2.8 (0.05)	0.12 (0.004)	2.9 (0.08)	**0.13 (0.006)	2.7 (0.07)	**0.11 (0.005)
C14:0	3.4 (0.05)	0.14 (0.005)	3.4 (0.07)	0.15 (0.007)	3.4 (0.08)	0.14 (0.006)
C15:0	0.2 (0.01)	0.01 (0.001)	0.2 (0.02)	0.01 (0.001)	0.2 (0.02)	0.009 (0.0006)
C16:0	19.1 (0.17)	0.81 (0.020)	19.3 (0.20)	**0.87 (0.03)	18.9 (0.28)	**0.75 (0.03)
C18:0	5.8 (0.08)	0.24 (0.007)	5.8 (0.11)	*0.26 (0.01)	5.8 (0.11)	*0.23 (0.01)
C18:2n6 (LA)	10.7 (0.24)	0.44 (0.02)	*10.1 (0.32)	0.45 (0.02)	*11.1 (0.36)	0.43 (0.020)
C18:3n3 (ALA)	2.0 (0.08)	0.08 (0.004)	1.9 (0.12)	0.09 (0.007)	2.0 (0.12)	0.08 (0.005)
C20:4n6 (AA)	0.4 (0.03)	0.02 (0.001)	0.3 (0.04)	0.02 (0.002)	0.4 (0.05)	0.02 (0.002)
C20:5n3 (EPA)	0.2 (0.02)	0.006 (0.001)	0.2 (0.03)	0.007 (0.001)	0.1 (0.04)	0.006 (0.001)
C22:6n3 (DHA)	0.15 (0.024)	0.006 (0.001)	0.13 (0.033)	0.006 (0.002)	0.17 (0.036)	0.006 (0.001)
MCFA	5.0 (0.11)	0.21 (0.008)	5.2 (0.14)	**0.23 (0.010)	4.8 (0.16)	**0.19 (0.010)
LCFA	83.7 (0.33)	3.51 (0.100)	83.2 (0.46)	*3.74 (0.140)	84.1 (0.48)	*3.30 (0.130)
LCFA-S	28.6 (0.24)	1.20 (0.030)	28.8 (0.29)	*1.29 (0.050)	28.4 (0.38)	*1.12 (0.050)
MUFA	55.2 (0.37)	2.31 (0.06)	41.8 (0.27)	**1.89 (0.070)	42.0 (0.34)	**1.63 (0.066)
PUFA	13.3 (0.34)	0.55 (0.020)	12.6 (0.44)	0.57 (0.030)	13.9 (0.51)	0.54 (0.030)

*p < 0.05.

**p < 0.01.