Table 1

DHA as weight% of total fatty acids in plasma TL, TG, PL, and CE, and erythrocyte lipids, PC, and PE followed by latencies (ms) of P100 wave

	Baseline		End of supplementation		3 years after the end of supplementation
Variable	Unsupplemented	Supplemented	Unsupplemented	Supplemented	Unsupplemented	Supplemented
Data are expressed as mean±SD (median; min–max).
LCPUFA supplemented v unsupplemented: p<0.05 for DHA in plasma TL, PL, CE, EryPC, EryPE, pattern reversal VEPs at 15′, and flash VEPs at 2Hz-1J at the end of the supplementation period.
Different superscripts (^a, ^b, ^c) indicate significant within group differences between time points.
Plasma TL DHA	1.2±0.4 (1.2; 0.5–2.0)	1.1±0.3 (1.0; 0.7–1.8)^a	1.1±0.3 (1.1; 0.8–2.0)	2.3±1.1 (1.7; 1.2–3.9)^b	1.0±0.2 (1.0; 0.5–1.4)	1.0±0.2 (1.0; 0.7–1.4)^a
Plasma PL DHA	1.7±0.5 (2.0; 0.8–2.3)	1.6±0.3 (1.6; 1.1–2.1)^a	1.6±0.4 (1.4; 0.9–2.5)	3.1±1.6 (2.2; 1.5–6.1)^b	1.4±0.4 (1.4; 0.7–2.0)	1.3±0.3 (1.5; 0.9–2.0)^a
Plasma TG DHA	0.1±0.1 (0.1; 0.0–0.3)	0.2±0.2 (0.1; 0.0–0.1)^a	0.3±0.3 (0.1; 0.1–1.1)	0.6±0.5 (0.3; 0.1–1.5)^b	0.2±0.1 (0.1; 0.0–0.4)	0.2±0.1 (0.2; 0.1–0.5)^a
Plasma CE DHA	0.2±0.1 (0.2; 0.1–0.6)	0.2±0.0 (0.2; 0.1–0.4)^a	0.2±0.1 (0.2; 0.1–0.6)	0.5±0.2 (0.3; 0.2–0.9)^b	0.2±0.1 (0.2; 0.0–0.5)	0.1±0.1 (0.2; 0.0–0.3)^a
Ery DHA	1.1±0.5 (0.9; 0.5–2.4)	1.3±0.6 (1.1; 0.5–2.3)^a	1.5±0.5 (1.6; 0.8–2.5)	2.8±1.5 (2.0; 1.2–5.1)^b	1.3±0.6 (1.3; 0.6–2.5)	1.6±0.7 (1.2; 0.9–3.1)^c
EryPC DHA	0.3±0.1 (0.3; 0.1–0.7)	0.4±0.1 (0.3; 0.1–0.6)^a	0.3±0.2 (0.3; 0.1–0.7)	0.8±0.2 (0.8; 0.5–1.3)^b	0.6±0.8 (0.2; 0.1–3.0)	0.4±0.2 (0.3; 0.2–1.0)^a
EryPE DHA	1.8±0.7 (1.9; 0.5–2.7)	2.2±1.0 (2.1; 0.3–3.7)^a	1.3±0.9 (1.1; 0.3–2.2)	3.7±1.7 (3.5; 1.5–6.1)^b	1.8±0.9 (1.5; 0.6–3.5)	2.1±0.8 (2.0; 1.1–3.9)^a
Pattern reversal VEP
60′	109±6 (111; 99–119)	106±3 (108; 106–112)	109±8 (108; 96–125)	104±4 (102; 100–112)	106±5 (106; 97–113)	101±3 (101; 95–106)
15′	116±8 (115; 100–133)	113±8 (115; 96–128)^a	118±11(115; 101–132)	107±6 (108; 98–115)^b	110±7 (110; 100–122)	108±5 (107; 102–122)
Flash VEP
1Hz-2J	123±8 (124;112–136)^a	122±9 (121; 111–142)^a	114±8 (111; 104–130)	113±10 (112; 100–128)	107±10 (107; 94–123)^b	104±10 (106; 80–115)^b
2Hz-1J	124±11 (121; 105–142)^a	121±11 (120; 104–138)^a	121±8 (118; 110–138)	111±12 (109; 97–131)^b	111±10 (111; 94–122)^b	114±5 (116; 104–126)