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Table 5 Results of fatty acid measurement in plasma phospholipids and triglycerides after intervention with different study products

From: Bioavailability of fatty acids from krill oil, krill meal and fish oil in healthy subjects–a randomized, single-dose, cross-over trial

 

A krill oil

B fish oil

C krill meal

A:B

C:B

A:C

(n=15)

(n=15)

(n=15)

 

Mean ± SD

 

Mean ± SD

 

Mean ± SD

 

p

p

p

iAUC in PL (% x h)

89.08 ± 33.36

59.15 ± 22.22

44.97 ± 18.07

0.003

0.036

<0.001

iAUC in TG (% x h)

24.46 ± 17.60

35.02 ± 26.54

25.04 ± 21.18

0.165

0.035

0.931

EPA in PL at t0 (%)

1.29 ± 0.33

1.31 ± 0.36

1.32 ± 0.41

0.769

0.909

0.769

EPA cmax in PL (%)

1.89 ± 0.38

1.07 ± 0.29

1.20 ± 0.20

0.044

0.017

0.628

EPA tmax in PL (h)

15.73 ± 15.60

24.53 ± 20.22

13.33 ± 9.88

<0.001

0.012

<0.001

EPA max in PL (%)

3.17 ± 0.44

2.38 ± 0.42

2.52 ± 0.43

<0.001

0.108

<0.001

DHA in PL at t0 (%)

4.10 ± 0.81

3.98 ± 0.73

4.35 ± 0.90

0.249

0.023

0.172

DHA cmax in PL (%)

0.53 ± 0.22

0.50 ± 0.27

0.26 ± 0.21

0.796

0.011

0.011

DHA tmax in PL (h)

48.13 ± 23.72

54.53 ± 22.73

38.94 ± 26.12

0.041

0.796

0.090

DHA max in PL (%)

4.63 ± 0.73

4.48 ± 0.80

4.61 ± 0.84

0.090

0.230

0.866

EPA + DHA in PL at t0 (%)

5.39 ± 1.02

5.28 ± 0.91

5.67 ± 1.22

0.424

0.116

0.234

EPA + DHA cmax in PL (%)

1.89 ± 0.59

1.36 ± 0.47

1.12 ± 0.28

0.009

0.083

<0.001

EPA + DHA tmax in PL (h)

21.60 ± 17.92

19.09 ± 35.73

23.87 ± 19.07

0.021

0.044

0.718

EPA + DHA max in PL (%)

7.28 ± 0.88

6.65 ± 1.00

6.78 ± 1.16

<0.001

0.359

0.022

EPA in TG at t0 (%)

0.23 ± 0.12

0.22 ± 0.12

0.24 ± 0.17

0.851

0.650

0.728

EPA cmax in TG (%)

0.65 ± 0.30

0.64 ± 0.44

0.47 ± 0.24

0.919

0.081

0.030

EPA tmax in TG (h)

9.87 ± 17.26

11.20 ± 12.18

8.67 ± 6.44

0.820

0.372

0.742

EPA max in TG (%)

0.88 ± 0.32

0.87 ± 0.50

0.71 ± 0.33

0.876

0.068

0.039

DHA in TG at t0 (%)

0.80 ± 0.33

0.72 ± 0.53

0.75 ± 0.40

0.451

0.749

0.501

DHA cmax in TG (%)

0.54 ± 0.31

0.64 ± 0.52

0.50 ± 0.31

0.477

0.153

0.696

DHA tmax in TG (h)

18.00 ± 24.96

22.53 ± 21.59

18.40 ± 21.14

0.557

0.604

0.966

DHA max in TG (%)

1.34 ± 0.49

1.36 ± 0.75

1.25 ± 0.46

0.836

0.299

0.351

EPA + DHA in TG at t0 (%)

1.03 ± 0.42

0.95 ± 0.58

0.99 ± 0.50

0.446

0.679

0.674

EPA + DHA cmax in TG (%)

1.16 ± 0.55

1.18 ± 0.77

0.92 ± 0.44

0.882

0.104

0.151

EPA + DHA tmax in TG (h)

9.33 ± 17.45

19.73 ± 20.76

16.67 ± 19.65

0.020

0.637

0.281

EPA + DHA max in TG (%)

2.18 ± 0.74

2.13 ± 1.03

1.91 ± 0.73

0.777

0.127

0.092

  1. After Bonferroni adjustment p values <0.017 were considered as statistically significant.