Table 3 |
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Fatty acid profile (mol %) of serum total lipid in subjects on the three experimental diets (n = 21) |
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| AAD |
LA Diet |
ALA Diet |
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| SFA |
34.7 ± 0.6 |
33.0 ± 0.5* |
33.5 ± 0.5 |
| MUFA |
20.0 ± 0.6 |
17.0 ± 0.6‡ |
17.9 ± 0.6‡ |
| PUFA |
45.5 ± 0.7 |
50.1 ± 0.7‡ |
48.7 ± 0.7‡ |
| n-6 PUFA |
42.0 ± 0.6 |
44.9 ± 0.6‡ |
42.1 ± 0.6§ |
| LA |
33.3 ± 0.5 |
37.1 ± 0.5‡ |
34.6 ± 0.5*§ |
| AA |
8.2 ± 0.4 |
7.5 ± 0.4† |
7.3 ± 0.4‡ |
| n-3 PUFA |
3.4 ± 0.3 |
5.2 ± 0.3‡ |
6.6 ± 0.3‡§ |
| ALA |
0.8 ± 0.2 |
2.1 ± 0.2‡ |
3.1 ± 0.2‡• |
| EPA |
0.5 ± 0.1 |
0.7 ± 0.1‡ |
1.2 ± 0.1‡¶ |
| DPA |
0.6 ± 0.04 |
0.7 ± 0.04 |
0.7 ± 0.04‡¶ |
| DHA |
1.6 ± 0.1 |
1.7 ± 0.1 |
1.5 ± 0.1 |
| SFA/UNSAT |
0.53 ± 0.01 |
0.49 ± 0.01† |
0.50 ± 0.01* |
| LA/ALA |
49.6 ± 2.3 |
19.3 ± 2.3‡ |
12.4 ± 2.3‡¶ |
| n-6/n-3 |
12.7 ± 0.5 |
9.0 ± 0.5‡ |
6.8 ± 0.5‡§ |
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SFA: Saturated fatty acids; MUFA: Monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA: Polyunsaturated fatty acids; n-6: omega-6; LA: Linoleic acid; AA: Arachidonic acid; n-3: omega-3; ALA: α-linolenic acid; EPA: Eicosapentaenoic acid; DPA: Docosapentaenoic acid; DHA: Docosahexaenoic acid; UNSAT: total unsaturated fatty acids *: P < 0.05, †: P < 0.01,‡: P < 0.001, compared with AAD ¶ P < 0.05,•: P < 0.01,§ P < 0.001 compared with LA Diet |
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Griel et al. Nutrition Journal 2007 6:2 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-6-2 |
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