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Table 7 Fatty acid composition of NAF phospholipids1,2

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

 

Baseline (mean ± SE; n = 15)

Low fat diet (mean ± SE; n = 15)

Habitual diet (mean ± SE; n = 15)

C14:0

10.02 ± 1.37

9.12 ± 0.86

8.83 ± 1.06

C14:1

0.32 ± 0.05

0.31 ± 0.08

0.31 ± 0.06

C15:0

1.65 ± 0.51a

1.29 ± 0.35b

1.38 ± 0.35b

C16:0

18.15 ± 2.81

21.0 ± 1.17

21.98 ± 1.07

C16:1

5.03 ± 0.99a

4.20 ± 0.78b

4.71 ± 1.20ab

C18:0

8.4 ± 0.33

8.29 ± 0.63

9.04 ± 1.01

C18:1

39.1 ± 1.9a

37.66 ± 1.46b

37.11 ± 1.03b

C18:2n-6

11.6 ± 1.4

11.93 ± 1.62

10.12 ± 0.98

C18:3n-6

0.01 ± 0.01

0.03 ± 0.01

0.08 ± 0.03

C18:3n-3

1.03 ± 0.17a

0.65 ± 0.14b

0.79 ± 0.19ab

C18:4n-3

0.008 ± 0.008a

0.11 ± 0.10b

0.06 ± 0.04b

C20:0

0.51 ± 0.10

0.57 ± 0.14

1.14 ± 0.41

C20:1

0.72 ± 0.14

0.82 ± 0.19

1.22 ± 0.27

C20:2n-6

0.29 ± 0.06

0.22 ± 0.06

0.25 ± 0.07

C20:3n-6

0.32 ± 0.07a

0.58 ± 0.16b

0.47 ± 0.16b

C20:4n-6 AA

0.94 ± 0.19a

1.21 ± 0.38ab

0.52 ± 0.17b

C20:3n-3

0.03 ± 0.01

0.05 ± 0.04

0.03 ± 0.01

C20:4n-3

0.04 ± 0.02

0.03 ± 0.01

0.03 ± 0.01

C20:5n-3 EPA

0.06 ± 0.03a

0.42 ± 0.20c

0.18 ± 0.06b

C22:0

0.18 ± 0.04a

0.12 ± 0.05b

0.21 ± 0.12a

C22.1

0.26 ± 0.09

0.22 ± 0.08

0.28 ± 0.10

C22:2n-6

0.003 ± 0.002

0.05 ± 0.03

0.003 ± 0.003

C22:4n-6

0.08 ± 0.03a

0.04 ± 0.01b

0.09 ± 0.03a

C22:5n-3

0.09 ± 0.03a

0.16 ± 0.05b

0.19 ± 0.05b

C22:6n-3 DHA

0.19 ± 0.05a

0.47 ± 0.11b

0.42 ± 0.14b

C24:0

0.50 ± 0.14a

0.22 ± 0.08b

0.06 ± 0.03c

C24:1

0.64 ± 0.18a

0.23 ± 0.08b

0.51 ± 0.26ab

Saturated

39.18 ± 2.74a

40.62 ± 1.47ab

42.64 ± 2.33b

MUFA

46.04 ± 2.61a

43.45 ± 1.93b

44.13 ± 1.77b

PUFA

14.78 ± 1.59

15.93 ± 2.14

13.23 ± 1.23

Total n-3

1.45 ± 0.24a

1.88 ± 0.31c

1.69 ± 0.41b

Total n-6

13.32 ± 1.52

14.05 ± 1.90

11.54 ± 0.98

n-3:n-6

0.11 ± 0.02a

0.13 ± 0.01b

0.14 ± 0.03b

AA/EPA

2.04 ± 0.98a

1.50 ± 0.37b

1.64 ± 0.59b

  1. 1Fatty acids are reported as mol % of total fatty acids in phospholipids ± Standard Error of the mean
  2. 2Values in a row not sharing a letter are significantly different (p < 0.05) by ANOVA followed by Tukey's post-hoc test