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Table 1 Comparison of the monthly mean percentages of the docosahexanomic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) profiles.

From: Development and validation of a robust automated analysis of plasma phospholipid fatty acids for metabolic phenotyping of large epidemiological studies

Months

DHA

EPA

 

Mean

SD

%CVa

Mean

SD

%CV

1 (nZ = 36)b

2.14

0.06

2.60

0.46

0.02

4.22

2 (n = 36)

2.14

0.06

2.66

0.46

0.01

2.22

3 (n = 38)

2.13

0.06

3.02

0.47

0.03

7.28

4 (n = 38)

2.15

0.08

3.58

0.47

0.04

9.16

5 (n = 37)

2.16

0.06

2.66

0.47

0.03

7.13

6 (n = 38)

2.15

0.05

2.47

0.48

0.04

8.46

7 (n = 38)

2.16

0.04

1.78

0.47

0.03

6.54

8 (n = 38)

2.15

0.07

3.23

0.47

0.02

5.30

9 (n = 38)

2.15

0.06

2.71

0.46

0.03

6.90

10 (n = 38)

2.17

0.05

2.55

0.46

0.03

6.31

Comparisons of meansc

P = 0.062

P = 0.064

  1. aCoefficient of variation.
  2. bn is the number of batches in the month.
  3. cSingle-factoR ANOVA.