Increased EPA levels in serum phospholipids of humans after four weeks daily ingestion of one portion chicken fed linseed and rapeseed oil

Table 6 Fatty acid concentration (mg/100 ml serum) of serum phospholipids at baseline and post-intervention in persons eating chickens fed soybean oil supplement (SO) and rapeseed and linseed oil supplement (RLO)

	SO group (n = 23)				RLO group (n = 23)				P§	P¶
	Baseline		Post-intervention		Baseline		Post-intervention
	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM
C14:0	0.42	0.03	0.39	0.03	0.43	0.04	0.46	0.03	0.889	0.158
C15:0	0.26	0.01	0.24	0.01	0.28	0.01	0.28	0.01	0.192	0.033
C16:0	33.99	1.47	33.49	1.60	33.73	1.23	31.87	1.20	0.889	0.423
C16:1,n-7	0.79	0.08	0.72	0.07	0.67	0.06	0.65	0.06	0.224	0.449
C18:0	15.34	0.58	15.00	0.62	15.30	0.50	14.53	0.56	0.958	0.576
C18:1,c9	11.64	0.50	10.82	0.63	10.75	0.55	10.56	0.54	0.238	0.757
C18:2,n-6 (LA)	22.90	0.76	23.00	0.86	23.96	0.88	22.89	0.91	0.368	0.932
C18:3,n-3 (ALA)	0.31	0.03	0.27	0.02	0.31	0.03	0.40	0.03	0.912	0.001
C20:4,n-6 (AA)	9.72	0.61	11.59	0.65	10.40	0.48	10.63	0.45	0.386	0.234
C20:5,n-3 (EPA)	1.20	0.13	0.92	0.08	1.23	0.10	1.40	0.10	0.860	0.001
C22:5,n-3 (DPA)	1.04	0.07	1.04	0.06	1.04	0.06	1.18	0.07	0.944	0.128
C22:6,n-3 (DHA)	5.74	0.44	5.44	0.38	5.26	0.31	5.04	0.26	0.382	0.395

§Significance in mean values between groups at baseline.
¶ Significance in mean values between groups after the 4 week intervention period.

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