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Published in final edited form as: Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2014 Jan 8;90(4):133–138. doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2013.12.010

Table 3.

Plasma phospholipid fatty acid profile at baseline and after 4 weeks on the low LA diet (median interquartile range). All results are expressed as a percentage of the total fatty acid in plasma phospholipids.

		Baseline	Week 4
Monounsaturated fatty acids	Oleic acid (18:1n-9)	10.2 (9.6–11.5)	11.0 (9.6–11.7)
	Total Monounsaturates	13.5 (12.7–14.6)	14.5 (13.1–15.4)^*
Saturated fatty acids	Palmitic acid (16:0)	27.5 (26.9–28.1)	27.7 (26.7–28.7)
	Stearic acid (18:0)	13.7 (12.9–14.1)	13.5 (12.7 −14.1)
n-6 PUFA	LA (18:2n-6)	21.0 (19.2–22.5)	18.6 (17.3–21.2)^***
	DGLA (20:3n-6)	3.05 (2.64–3.44)	3.20 (2.61–3.80)
	AA (20:4n-6)	9.7 (8.6–11.0)	9.9 (9.5–11.3)
	Total n-6 PUFA	35.1 (33.5–36.5)	33.7 (31.8–35.0)^***
n-3 PUFA	ALA (18:3n-3)	0.17 (0.14–0.23)	0.19 (0.15–0.22)
	EPA (20:5n-3)	0.87 (0.80–1.18)	1.09 (0.83–1.34)^**
	DPA (22:5n-3)	0.88 (0.79–1.01)	0.95 (0.78–1.12)^*
	DHA (22:6n-3)	3.47 (3.01–3.90)	3.77 (3.33–4.26)^**
	Total n-3 PUFA	5.53 (5.04–6.56)	6.22 (5.57–6.69)^***

DGLA, dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid; LA, linoleic acid; DGLA, dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid; AA, arachidonic acid; ALA, α-linolenic acid; EPA, eicosapantaenoic acid; DPA, docosapantaenoic acid; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid.

P<0.05.

^**

P<0.01.

^***

P<0.001.