TABLE 3.

Association between DHA intake and RBC fatty acids¹

		DHA intake (FFQ)
		All
RBC	rho or P	Unadjusted2 (n = 239)	Adjusted3 (df = 196)
ω-3 Fatty acids
DHA	rho	0.383	0.394
	P	<0.001	<0.001
22:5ω-3	rho	–0.190	–0.073
	P	0.003	0.308
20:5ω-3	rho	0.457	0.485
	P	<0.001	<0.001
18:3ω-3	rho	0.016	0.065
	P	0.811	0.361
ω-6 Fatty acids
22:5ω-6	rho	–0.432	–0.423
	P	<0.001	<0.001
22:4ω-6	rho	–0.444	–0.276
	P	<0.001	<0.001
20:4ω-6	rho	–0.244	–0.261
	P	<0.001	0.001
18:2ω-6	rho	–0.021	–0.095
	P	0.747	0.183
DHA/22:4ω-6 + 22:5ω-6	rho	0.517	0.510
	P	<0.001	<0.001

¹FFQ, food-frequency questionnaire.

²Values are Spearman's correlation coefficients for the association between DHA intake and RBC fatty acids.

³ Values are partial correlations adjusted for child ethnicity.