Fatty acid | Mothers' plasma at 40 w (n = 29) | Mothers' plasma at 44 w (n = 29) | r (p) mothers 40 and 44 w (n = 29) | Infants' plasma at 40 w (n = 36) | Infants' plasma at 44 w (n = 45) | r (p) infants 40 and 44 w (n = 36) |
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12:0 | 0.02 (0.01) | 0.02 (0.01) | 0.66 (0.000) | 0.03 (0.02) | 0.03 (0.02) | 0.55 (0.000) |
14:0 | 0.49 (0.13) | 0.45 (0.11) | 0.57 (0.001) | 0.44 (0.11) | 0.38 (0.10)§ | 0.52 (0.001) |
16:0 | 32.1 (1.17) | 31.6 (1.29) | 0.61 (0.001) | 28.5 (1.16) | 28.9 (1.43)§ | 0.78 (0.000) |
18:0 | 12.3 (1.19) | 12.4 (0.91) | 0.78 (0.000) | 16.2 (1.14) | 15.9 (1.21)§ | 0.73 (0.000) |
ÎŁ SFA | 48.3 (0.69) | 47.9 (1.10) | 0.63 (0.000) | 48.2 (0.77) | 48.3 (0.89) | 0.29 (0.140) |
16:1w7 | 0.70 (0.19) | 0.58 (0.16) | 0.46 (0.012) | 0.40 (0.08) | 0.35 (0.08)§§ | 0.82 (0.000) |
18:1w9 | 10.2 (1.17) | 10.0 (0.99) | 0.62 (0.000) | 11.2 (0.75) | 11.0 (0.94) | 0.54 (0.001) |
24:1w9 | 2.98 (0.40) | 3.00 (0.42) | 0.67 (0.000) | 2.81 (0.49) | 2.67 (0.47)§ | 0.50 (0.002) |
Σ MUFA | 13.8 (1.41) | 13.6 (1.04) | 0.75 (0.000) | 14.4 (0.86) | 14.0 (0.82)§ | 0.52 (0.001) |
20:3w9 Mead | 0.22 (0.09) | 0.21 (0.09) | 0.69 (0.000) | 0.16 (0.06) | 0.14 (0.04)§ | 0.75 (0.000) |
18:2w6 (LA) | 21.6 (1.47) | 22.0 (2.29) | 0.38 (0.045) | 20.9 (2.47) | 22.0 (2.74)§ | 0.68 (0.000) |
18:3w6 (GLA) | 0.08 (0.05) | 0.08 (0.05) | 0.68 (0.000) | 0.05 (0.02) | 0.04 (0.02) | 0.67 (0.000) |
20:3w6(DGLA) | 3.14 (0.56) | 2.98 (0.70) | 0.75 (0.000) | 2.99 (0.55) | 2.79 (0.57)§ | 0.68 (0.000) |
20:4w6 (AA) | 7.8 (1.02) | 8.0 (1.21) | 0.82 (0.000) | 8.75 (1.65) | 8.4 (1.80) | 0.79 (0.000) |
Σ w6 FA | 32.9 (1.53) | 33.3 (1.84) | 0.50 (0.006) | 33.0 (1.06) | 33.6 (1.02)§ | 0.29 (0.092) |
18:3w3 (ALA) | 0.32 (0.10) | 0.32 (0.10) | 0.67 (0.000) | 0.15 (0.03) | 0.17 (0.04)§ | 0.60 (0.000) |
20:5w3 (EPA) | 1.21 (0.34) | 1.35(0.38)* | 0.70 (0.000) | 0.61 (0.25) | 0.53 (0.32) | 0.79 (0.000) |
22:6w3 DHA | 3.25 (0.88) | 3.31 (1.09) | 0.76 (0.000) | 3.40 (0.73) | 3.43 (0.97) | 0.73 (0.000) |
ÎŁ w3 FA | 4.8 (0.96) | 5.0 (1.23) | 0.68 (0.000) | 4.2 (0.85) | 4.1 (1.18) | 0.73 (0.000) |
Σ PUFA | 37.9 (1.50) | 38.5 (1.37) | 0.57 (0.001) | 37.4 (1.16) | 37.8 (0.93)§ | 0.60 (0.000) |
Ratios: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
AA/DHA | 2.6 (0.86) | 2.7 (1.12) | 0.88 (0.000) | 2.7 (0.62) | 2.6 (0.58)§ | 0.83 (0.000) |
w6/w3 | 7.1 (1.50) | 7.13 (1.99) | 0.58 (0.001) | 8.3 (1.94) | 8.9 (2.96) | 0.71 (0.000) |