| Responders (n = 6) | Non-responders (n = 6) | P value between resp. and non-resp. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Pre-n-3 PUFAs | Post-n-3 PUFAs | P value | Pre-n-3 PUFAs | Post-n-3 PUFAs | P value | Pre-n-3 PUFAs | Delta (post- and pre-n-3 PUFAs) |
Gender | 2 men (33Â %) and 4 women (67Â %) | 1 man (16Â %) and 5 women (83Â %) | Â | Â | ||||
Age (years) | 40 ± 4 years | 30 ± 4 years | NS |  | ||||
BMI (kg/m²) | 29.9 ± 1.5 |  |  | 30.5 ± 2.7 |  |  | NS | NS |
Triacylglycerolsa (mmol/L) | 1.75 ± 0.47 | 0.99 ± 0.23 | 0.0002 | 1.03 ± 0.15 | 1.12 ± 0.17 | 0.045 | NS | 0.0153 |
Cholesterol (mmol/L) | ||||||||
 Total | 5.00 ± 0.28 | 5.03 ± 0.42 | NS | 5.02 ± 0.43 | 4.88 ± 0.33 | NS | NS | NS |
 LDL | 2.76 ± 0.37 | 3.03 ± 0.42 | NS | 2.85 ± 0.43 | 2.57 ± 0.33 | NS | NS | 0.0443 |
 HDLa | 1.43 ± 0.16 | 1.54 ± 0.18 | 0.0267 | 1.70 ± 0.11 | 1.80 ± 0.12 | NS | NS | NS |
Ratio TC/HDL-C | 3.66 ± 0.37 | 3.39 ± 0.33 | 0.0001 | 3.05 ± 0.41 | 2.79 ± 0.30 | 0.0018 | NS | NS |
Apo-B100 (g/L) | 0.87 ± 0.08 | 0.88 ± 0.08 | NS | 0.81 ± 0.12 | 0.80 ± 0.08 | NS | NS | NS |
Ratio LDL/Apo-B | 3.18 ± 0.69 | 3.42 ± 0.64 | 0.0108 | 3.51 ± 0.48 | 3.18 ± 0.48 | 0.0247 | NS | 0.0039 |
Glucose (mmol/L) | 5.33 ± 0.19 | 5.42 ± 0.17 | NS | 4.77 ± 0.21 | 4.98 ± 0.29 | NS | 0.0058 | NS |
Insulin (pmol/L) | 68.80 ± 20.45 | 90.83 ± 27.54 | NS | 73.00 ± 8.83 | 89.17 ± 5.80 | NS | NS | NS |
CRPa(mg/L) | 2.11 ± 0.95 | 2.13 ± 1.06 | NS | 1.20 ± 0.40 | 1.10 ± 0.40 | NS | NS | NS |