Table 4

Absorption of individual fatty acids: data are percentage absorption values (SE) with 95% confidecne intervals for difference between diet A or B and main diet

Main diet (Betapol) (n=7)Comparison diets
A (n=9)B (n=6)A + B (n=15)
Saturates:
 C12:097.4 (1.1)97.3 (0.5) [−2.6, 2.4]96.7 (0.9) [−4.0, 2.4]97.1 (0.5) [−2.5, 1.7]
 C14:093.6 (2.4)90.7 (1.6) [−8.7, 3.0]88.5 (2.1) [−12.2, 2.0]89.8 (1.2) [−8.8, 1.3]
 C16:091.4 (2.1)79.3 (3.2) [−21.0, −3.3]** 78.9 (3.1) [−20.6, −4.4]4-150 79.1 (2.2) [−19.8, −4.8]***
 C18:081.0 (4.5)69.0 (4.3) [−25.5, 1.6]66.2 (4.2) [−28.6, −1.0]4-150 67.9 (3.0) [−24.3, −1.8]4-150
 C20:066.2 (9.9)51.5 (8.4) [−42.4, 13.1]49.5 (5.5) [−43.0, 9.6]50.7 (5.3) [−37.0, 6.0]
Monosaturates:
 C18:194.6 (1.7)95.9 (0.8) [−2.5, 5.1]93.9 (3.0) [−8.0, 6.5]95.1 (1.2) [−4.0, 5.0]
Polyunsaturates:
 C18:295.2 (1.8)96.9 (1.0) [−2.6, 6.0]95.0 (2.3) [−6.6, 6.3]96.1 (1.1) [−3.3, 5.2]
 C18:396.3 (1.5)97.7 (0.9) [−2.4, 5.0]96.0 (1.8) [−5.5, 4.9]97.0 (0.9) [−2.8, 4.2]
  • 4-150 p < 0.05; ** p < 0.02; *** p < 0.01.