Table 2.

Cmax and Tmax for plasma DHA, EPA and EPA + DHA by treatment

	Soup		Extruded rice snack		Gel capsule		P valuea
	Mean	95% CI	Mean	95% CI	Mean	95% CI
DHA Cmax (µg/mL)	52.4	[50.0, 54.9]	51.5	[49.1, 54.0]	55.2	[52.8, 57.6]	0.06
EPA Cmax (µg/mL)	18.5	[17.9, 19.1]	18.4	[17.8, 19.0]	18.6	[18.0, 19.2]	0.86
DHA + EPA Cmax (µg/mL)	70.5	[67.7, 73.3]	69.6	[66.8, 72.4]	73.5	[70.6, 76.3]	0.12

	Median	25, 75 Percentile	Median	25, 75 Percentile	Median	25, 75 Percentile	P valueb
DHA Tmax (hours)	4	[2, 8]	4	[2, 6]	6	[4, 6]	0.12
EPA Tmax (hours)	6	[2, 8]	6	[2, 8]	6	[4, 8]	0.50
DHA + EPA Tmax (hours)	4	[4, 8]	4	[2, 6]	6	[4, 6]	0.50

DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; Cmax, maximal concentration; Tmax, time to maximal concentration

^aComparisons between treatments were performed using linear mixed effects models (n = 27) including treatment as fixed effect while controlling for ethnic and Time₀ for the respective variable and treatment. Treatment*ethnicity and treatment*allocation order were not significant (P > 0.05)

^bComparisons between treatments were performed using the non-parametric Friedman Test for related samples