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Table 3 Compliance to study omega-3 fatty acid supplements

From: The role of background diet on the effects of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid supplementation in healthy pre-menopausal women: a randomized, cross-over, controlled study

  Missed capsules/MC Missed days/MC Compliancea p-value
(n ± SE) (n ± SE)
Low-fat diet phase 8.3 ± 3.5 2.1 ± 0.9 92.5 % 0.88
Habitual diet phase 8.9 ± 2.0 2.3 ± 0.5 91.8 %  
  1. acompliance was calculated as [(# capsules dispensed − # capsules returned)/capsules dispensed] × 100 %
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Lipids in Health and Disease

ISSN: 1476-511X