Adult Medication-Free Schizophrenic Patients Exhibit Long-Chain Omega-3 Fatty Acid Deficiency: Implications for Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Figure 1

Comparison of the 20:63/18:2 ratio, an index of delta6-desaturase activity (a), the 20:4/20:3 ratio, an index of delta5-desaturase activity (b), and the 16:1/16:0 (c) and 18:1/18:0 (d) ratios, indices of delta9-desaturase activity, in healthy controls (HC, 𝑛=24) and SZ patients (𝑛=18). Values are group mean ± SEM. **𝑃≤0.001 versus healthy controls.

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