DIET TREATMENTS | |||||||
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Fatty acid1 | Standard egg (control) | N-3 fatty acid enriched egg | Walnut | Global Pvalue3 | |||
μg/mole% | Baseline | End2 | Baseline | End2 | Baseline | End2 | |
Saturated | 41.1 | 41.0 | 40.9 | 40.9 | 41.4 | 41.2 | 0.9579 |
(40.7, 41.5) | (40.2, 41.9) | (40.5, 41.3) | (39.7, 42.1) | (40.8, 42.0) | (40.0, 42.3) | ||
Trans4 | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0 .06 | 0.03 | 0 .06 | 0.03 | 0.5076 |
(0.04, 0.06) | (0.01, 0.03) | (0.04, 0.08) | (0.02, 0.06) | (0.05, 0.07) | (0.02, 0.05) | ||
Monounsaturated | 15.1 | 15.3 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 14.9 | 14.4 | <0.0003 |
(14.8, 15.4) | (14.8, 15.7)a | (15.2, 15.7) | (15.0, 15.9)a | (15.2, 14.6) | (13.9, 14.8)b | ||
Polyunsaturated | 36.3 | 35.6 | 35.6 | 35.8 | 36.1 | 36.0 | 0.1761 |
(35.9, 36.7) | (34.8, 36.4) | (35.3, 35.9) | (35.0, 36.7) | (34.5, 36.5) | (35.8, 37.4) | ||
n-6 (total) | 30.4 | 29.7 | 29.8 | 29.7 | 30.0 | 30.5 | 0.2880 |
(30.1, 30.7) | (29.1, 30.4) | (29.4, 30.2) | (28.7, 30.6) | (29. 6, 30.4) | (29.6, 31.5) | ||
Linoleic | 11.5 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 10.8 | 11.4 | 11.9 | <0.0001 |
(11.3, 11.7) | (10.5, 11.3)a | (11.0, 11.6) | (10.4, 11.3)a | (11.1, 11.7) | (11.5, 12.3)b | ||
Arachidonic | 13.6 | 13.4 | 13.2 | 13.6 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 0.7111 |
(13.3, 13.9) | (13.0, 13.7) | (12.9, 13.5) | (13.2, 13.9) | (13.02, 13.6) | (13.0, 13.7) | ||
n-3 (total) | 5.7 | 5.68 | 5.6 | 5.97 | 6.0 | 5.79 | 0.0903 |
(5.5, 5.9) | (5.48, 5.88) | (5.4, 5.8) | (5.76, 6.17) | (5.76, 6.24) | (5.59, 5.98) | ||
α-Linolenic | 0 .14 | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.19 | <0.0000 |
(0.13, 0.15) | (0.12, 0.16)a | (0.12, 0.14) | (0.13, 0.16)a | (0.17, 0.19) | (0.18, 0.20)b | ||
EPA5 | 0.28 | 0.34 | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.31 | 0.1824 |
(0.25, 0.31) | (0.31, 0.38) | (0.29, 0.33) | (0.26, 0.33) | (0.27, 0.33) | (0.27, 0.34) | ||
DHA5 | 2.79 | 2.90 | 2.72 | 3.15 | 3.12 | 2.71 | <0.0015 |
(2.64, 2.94) | (2.74, 3.05)b | (2.57, 2.87) | (3.00, 3.32)a | (2.90, 3.34) | (2.55, 2.87)b |