(% of free FA) | Responders (n = 6) | Non-responders (n = 6) | P value between resp. and non-resp. | |||||
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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) | |
Stearic acid (18:0) | 15.37 ± 0.33 | 15.42 ± 0.27 | NS | 15.03 ± 0.34 | 15.10 ± 0.33 | NS | NS | NS |
Oleic acid (18:1n-9) | 11.93 ± 0.10 | 11.56 ± 0.25 | NS | 11.57 ± 0.29 | 11.46 ± 0.32 | NS | NS | NS |
Arachidonic acid (20:4n-6) | 14.06 ± 0.16 | 12.87 ± 0.28 | 0.0118 | 14.10 ± 0.27 | 12.87 ± 0.19 | 0.0004 | NS | NS |
Dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid (20:3n-6) | 2.06 ± 0.26 | 1.56 ± 0.19 | 0.0051 | 1.83 ± 0.07 | 1.43 ± 0.10 | 0.0054 | NS | NS |
Eicosapentanoic acid (20:5n-3) | 0.67 ± 0.09 | 2.33 ± 0.23 | <0.0001 | 0.77 ± 0.12 | 2.12 ± 0.24 | 0.0044 | NS | NS |
Docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3) | 4.01 ± 0.56 | 5.05 ± 0.43 | 0.0059 | 4.10 ± 0.35 | 5.36 ± 0.47 | NS | NS | NS |
Total N-6 | 29.10 ± 0.71 | 25.54 ± 0.92 | 0.0002 | 29.44 ± 0.48 | 25.99 ± 0.57 | 0.0010 | NS | NS |
Total N-3 | 7.11 ± 0.66 | 10.38 ± 0.71 | <0.0001 | 7.00 ± 0.52 | 10.21 ± 0.73 | 0.0014 | NS | NS |
Ratio total N-3/total N-6 | 0.25 ± 0.03 | 0.41 ± 0.04 | 0.0001 | 0.24 ± 0.02 | 0.40 ± 0.04 | 0.0018 | NS | NS |
Desaturase indices | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | NS |
 SCD18 (18:1n-9/18:0) | 0.78 ± 0.02 | 0.75 ± 0.02 | 0.0153 | 0.77 ± 0.02 | 0.76 ± 0.02 | NS | NS | NS |
 FADS1 D5D (20:4n-6/20:3n-6) | 7.31 ± 0.78 | 8.80 ± 0.95 | 0.0053 | 7.76 ± 0.29 | 9.17 ± 0.61 | 0.0174 | NS | NS |
 ELOVL2 (22:6n-3/20:5n-3) | 6.04 ± 0.32 | 2.20 ± 0.10 | <0.0001 | 5.60 ± 0.48 | 2.67 ± 0.37 | 0.0057 | NS | NS |