Effects of the n-6/n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids ratio on postprandial metabolism in hypertriacylglycerolemia patients

Table 3 Maximal change and AUC from fasting concentrations (mean ± SD)

	HC group		HTG group		P for meals effect		P for group effect
	High n-3	Low n-3	High n-3	Low n-3	HC group	HTG group	High n-3	Low n-3
TG
Maximal change	1.27 ± 0.91	1.04 ± 0.33	1.95 ± 0.61	2.80 ± 1.29	0.586	0.177	0.16	0.009
iAUC	5.09 ± 3.30	5.02 ± 1.64	8.78 ± 4.11	12.53 ± 5.88	0.966	0.229	0.117	0.013
Glucose
Maximal change	1.41 ± 0.70	1.47 ± 0.63	2.53 ± 1.31	2.41 ± 1.26	0.89	0.91	0.25	0.132
iAUC	2.73 ± 2.30	1.59 ± 0.87	6.41 ± 5.71	5.13 ± 3.02	0.296	0.638	0.175	0.02
Insulin
Maximal change	28.36 ± 13.97	37.33 ± 30.68	54.68 ± 42.71	70.15 ± 44.61	0.529	0.558	0.198	0.168
iAUC	61.17 ± 39.01	72.36 ± 56.30	128.47 ± 96.69	160.38 ± 88.92	0.697	0.565	0.161	0.068
IL-6
Maximal change	65.93 ± 11.56	90.59 ± 53.60	90.88 ± 51.07	126.44 ± 23.11	0.317	0.151	0.291	0.325
iAUC	336.17 ± 140.69	370.57 ± 115.63	466.55 ± 274.55	569.25 ± 177.11	0.653	0.459	0.163	0.044
TNFα
Maximal change	101.07 ± 33.86	118.96 ± 26.17	119.40 ± 39.41	151.52 ± 91.31	0.069	0.386	0.064	0.289
iAUC	446.41 ± 99.53	573.68 ± 115.90	619.93 ± 178.69	831.04 ± 525.05	0.332	0.456	0.408	0.434
ET-1
Maximal change	76.02 ± 59.68	79.11 ± 38.90	72.99 ± 42.55	85.44 ± 55.87	0.918	0.673	0.921	0.824
iAUC	314.50 ± 221.10	387.82 ± 180.64	292.71 ± 175.27	371.33 ± 281.99	0.543	0.575	0.854	0.906
NO
Maximal change	127.64 ± 124.88	125.11 ± 58.39	76.01 ± 69.46	107.62 ± 62.99	0.965	0.428	0.397	0.629
diAUC	575.30 ± 355.16	711.93 ± 302.45	276.00 ± 130.74	339.57 ± 161.64	0.49	0.471	0.081	0.024

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