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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics

From: Similar eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid plasma levels achieved with fish oil or krill oil in a randomized double-blind four-week bioavailability study

  

Fish or krill Oil: 1.3 g/d

 

Parameter

 

Overall (N = 66)

Treatment A Ethyl Ester (N = 22)

Treatment B Triglycerides (N = 22)

Treatment C krill Oil (N = 22)

p-value*

Gender

Female

48 (72.7 %)

17 (77.3 %)

13 (59.1 %)

18 (81.8 %)

0.2011

 

Male

18 (27.3 %)

5 (22.7 %)

9 (40.9 %)

4 (18.2 %)

 

Age (years)

N

66

22

22

22

0.4523

 

Mean (SEM)

35.45 (1.44)

37.41 (2.69)

35.95 (2.39)

33.00 (2.42)

 
 

Std Dev

11.72

12.64

11.21

11.37

 
 

Min, Max

19.00, 57.00

19.00, 57.00

19.00, 52.00

19.00, 55.00

 

Ethnicity

Not Hispanic or Latino

27 (40.9 %)

10 (45.5 %)

9 (40.9 %)

8 (36.4 %)

0.8286

 

Hispanic or Latino

39 (59.1 %)

12 (54.5 %)

13 (59.1 %)

14 (63.6 %)

 

Race

Asian

1 (1.5 %)

1 (4.5 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0 (0.0 %)

0.6239

 

Black or African American

7 (10.6 %)

2 (9.1 %)

3 (13.6 %)

2 (9.1 %)

 
 

White

57 (86.4 %)

19 (86.4 %)

18 (81.8 %)

20 (90.9 %)

 
 

Mixed: White, Black or African American

1 (1.5 %)

0 (0.0 %)

1 (4.5 %)

0 (0.0 %)

 

Weight (kg)

N

66

22

22

22

0.3480

 

Mean (SEM)

68.72 (1.43)

69.06 (2.83)

71.10 (2.55)

66.01 (1.96)

 
 

Std Dev

11.59

13.25

11.94

9.17

 
 

Min, Max

50.90, 111.20

50.90, 111.20

51.00, 89.00

52.80, 84.60

 

Height (cm)

N

66

22

22

22

0.2408

 

Mean (SEM)

164.35 (1.16)

164.98 (2.47)

166.39 (1.80)

161.68 (1.63)

 
 

Std Dev

9.45

11.59

8.44

7.66

 
 

Min, Max

149.50, 194.00

149.50, 194.00

153.00, 179.50

149.50, 181.00

 

BMI (kg/m^2)

N

66

22

22

22

0.9056

 

Mean (SEM)

25.32 (0.32)

25.22 (0.56)

25.53 (0.54)

25.22 (0.59)

 
 

Std Dev

2.60

2.62

2.54

2.75

 
 

Min, Max

19.80, 29.50

20.90, 29.50

20.80, 29.50

19.80, 29.20

 
  1. *P-values were derived by ANOVA for continuous variables and by the Chi-square test for categorical variables