Table 4

Spearman's correlation coefficients between the reported intake of fatty acids or foods and fatty acids in serum phospholipids.


Fatty acids in s-phospholipids


Dietary fatty acids/foods
EPA
DHA
α-LNA
total n-3

EPA g/day
0.58*
0.24
0.04
0.43
EPA g/100 g total fat
0.58*
0.32
0.04
0.49*
DHA g/day
0.60*
0.19
-0.05
0.40
DHA g/100 g total fat
0.57*
0.26
-0.09
0.45*
α-LNA g/day
0.13
-0.09
0.38
0.03
α-LNA g/100 g total fat
0.24
0.11
0.29
0.20
Change in fish intake
0.48*
0.46*
0.14
0.51*
Change in shellfish intake
0.33
0.48*
0.03
0.34

*p < 0.01; †p < 0.05; ‡change from baseline to week 12 in relation to change in percentage of fatty acids in s-phospholipids.

Hagfors et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2005 2:26   doi:10.1186/1743-7075-2-26