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Table 3 The levels of PUFA in breast milk of 370 lactating mothers (g/100g)

From: Effects of dietary PUFA patterns and FADS genotype on breast milk PUFAs in Chinese lactating mothers

Fatty acids

Mean/median

SD/IQR

LAa

0.378

0.192

GLAb

0.038

0.032

DGLAb

0.052

0.040

AAa

0.081

0.041

DTAb

0.019

0.010

ALAa

0.146

0.076

EPAb

0.008

0.007

DHAb

0.049

0.035

n-6 PUFAs

0.575

0.279

n-3 PUFAs

0.209

0.107

n-6/n-3

2.834

0.517

  1. PUFAs polyunsaturated fatty acids, IQR inter-quartile range, LA linoleic acid, GLA γ-linoleic acid, DGLA dihomo-γ-linolenic acid, AA arachidonic acid, DTA docosatetraenoic acid, ALA α-linolenic acid, EPA eicosapentaenoic acid, DHA docosahexenoic acid
  2. aValues are mean ± SD for normal distribution
  3. bValues are median (IQR) for skewed distributed variables
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Genes & Nutrition

ISSN: 1865-3499

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