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

Table 3 Compliance to study omega-3 fatty acid supplements

	Missed capsules/MC	Missed days/MC	Compliance^a	p-value
	(n ± SE)	(n ± SE)	Compliance^a	p-value
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 %

^acompliance was calculated as [(# capsules dispensed − # capsules returned)/capsules dispensed] × 100 %

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