Table 1 |
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| Results in the WM-tests following five weeks daily dietary supplementation with 3 g omega-3 PUFA from fish oil or placebo, respectively1 | ||
| Treatments | ||
| WM-tests 2(max 48 credits) | Omega-3 | Placebo |
| 60 min | 31.4±0.8a | 30.0±1.0b |
| 110 min | 33.8±1.4a | 33.3±1.4a |
| 160 min | 30.4±0.9a | 29.6±1.0a |
1Data are given as means per treatment ± SEM, n = 38, but only 37 subjects performed the WM-test at 110 min (19 subjects started with placebo and 18 subjects started with PUFA) due to one subjects did not perform the test in time. Labeled means in a row without a common letter differ, p < 0.05 (ANOVA).
2 At 60 min and 160 min the subjects were supposed to recall nouns and at 110 min the subjects were supposed to recall figures.
Nilsson et al. Nutrition Journal 2012 11:99 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-11-99
