Fatty acid ( % of total) | Lean | Obese | Main effect | Â | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | CON | FLAX | FISH | SDA | CON | FLAX | FISH | SDA | Genotype | Diet | Interaction |
LA [18:2(n-6)] | 0.77 ± 0.24 | 0.45 ± 0.24 | 0.57 ± 0.24 | 0.58 ± 0.24 | 0.76 ± 0.25 | 1.16 ± 0.20 | 0.85 ± 0.24 | 0.66 ± 0.25 | P = 0.36 | P = 0.81 | P = 0.31 |
ALA [18:3(n-3)] | 0.63 ± 0.15ab | 4.72 ± 0.16c | 1.23 ± 0.14d | 5.03 ± 0.15c | 0.49 ± 0.16b | 3.61 ± 0.12e | 0.92 ± 0.14ad | 3.74 ± 0.15e | P = 0.0002†| P < 0.0001i | ΔP < 0.0001 |
SDA [18:4(n-3)] | 0.12 ± 0.10a | 0.12 ± 0.11a | 0.26 ± 0.10a | 2.66 ± 0.11b | n.d. | n.d. | 0.02 ± 0.11a | 1.50 ± 0.11c | P = 0.0011†| P < 0.0001ii | ΔP < 0.0001 |
AA [20:4(n-6)] | 0.28 ± 0.020 | 0.21 ± 0.021 | 0.29 ± 0.020 | 0.36 ± 0.020 | 0.28 ± 0.021 | 0.20 ± 0.016 | 0.25 ± 0.020 | 0.33 ± 0.021 | P = 0.46 | P < 0.0001iii | P = 0.68 |
EPA [20:5(n-3)] | 0.06 ± 0.03a | 0.08 ± 0.04a | 0.57 ± 0.03cd | 0.28 ± 0.04b | 0.04 ± 0.04a | 0.08 ± 0.03a | 0.62 ± 0.03d | 0.52 ± 0.04c | P = 0.10 | P < 0.0001v | ΔP < 0.0001 |
DPA [22:5(n-3)] | 0.04 ± 0.03a | 0.01 ± 0.03bc | 0.46 ± 0.03e | 0.32 ± 0.03d | 0.05 ± 0.03ab | 0.16 ± 0.02c | 0.68 ± 0.029f | 0.66 ± 0.031f | P < 0.0001‡ | P < 0.0001vi | ΔP < 0.0001 |
DHA [22:6(n-3)] | n.d. | 0.03 ± 0.04ab | 0.73 ± 0.04c | 0.07 ± 0.04ab | 0.06 ± 0.04ab | 0.13 ± 0.033b | 1.12 ± 0.04e | 0.33 ± 0.041d | P < 0.0001‡ | P < 0.0001v | ΔP < 0.0001 |
∑SFA | 26.20 ± 1.06 | 25.55 ± 1.08 | 27.46 ± 1.05 | 24.22 ± 1.09 | 32.27 ± 1.12 | 31.20 ± 0.88 | 34.23 ± 1.05 | 30.42 ± 1.11 | P < 0.0001‡ | P = 0.0017vii | P = 0.94 |
∑MUFA | 66.50 ± 1.10 | 63.54 ± 1.12 | 61.57 ± 1.09 | 58.74 ± 1.13 | 62.66 ± 1.16 | 60.48 ± 0.91 | 55.97 ± 1.09 | 56.71 ± 1.15 | P = 0.0083†| P < 0.0001viii | P = 0.27 |
∑n3PUFA | 0.87 ± 0.29a | 5.10 ± 0.30c | 3.42 ± 0.29b | 8.68 ± 0.30e | 0.57 ± 0.31a | 3.98 ± 0.24b | 3.52 ± 0.29b | 7.50 ± 0.31d | P = 0.084†| P < 0.0001ix | ΔP = 0.030 |
∑n6PUFA | 1.05 ± 0.24 | 0.66 ± 0.24 | 0.86 ± 0.24 | 0.94 ± 0.25 | 1.04 ± 0.25 | 1.35 ± 0.20 | 1.10 ± 0.24 | 1.00 ± 0.25 | P = 0.40 | P = 0.98 | P = 0.32 |