Biological assessment of the omega-3 status after omega-3 enriched dietary during an active seasonal performance on soccer players

Table 2 Changes in omega indices from baseline to post-intervention

	Difference from baseline to mid*	p-value	Difference from baseline to post*	p-value
HS_Omega-3 (%, mean [SD])	0.80 (0.15, 1.45)	0.1956	0.84 (0.19, 1.50)	0.1619
Omega-3 (%, mean [SD])	1.66 (0.93, 2.40)	0.0016	1.77 (0.99, 2.55)	0.0015
Omega-6 (%, mean [SD])	0.78 (− 0.30, 1.86)	1	0.87 (− 0.35, 2.09)	1
Omega-6/Omega-3 (mean [SD])	1.27 (0.58, 1.96)	0.0114	1.24 (0.52, 1.96)	0.0205
TFA (%, mean [SD])	0.40 (0.34, 0.46)	< 0.0001	0.46 (0.37, 0.54)	< 0.0001
SFA (%, mean [SD])	−3.56 (− 4.55, − 2.56)	< 0.0001	−3.61 (− 4.65, − 2.57)	< 0.0001
Omega-9 (%, mean [SD])	0.37 (− 0.56, 1.30)	1	0.15 (− 0.39, 0.68)	1
Omega-7 (%, mean [SD])	0.32 (0.18, 0.45)	0.0009	0.35 (0.23, 0.48)	0.0001

*mid, mid-seasonal; post, post-seasonal. Data are expressed as mean (95% CI) or median (IQR). Paired t-test or Wilcoxon’s signed-rank test was used. For multiple comparisons, p-values were adjusted using the Bonferroni correction

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