Clinical Study

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

Table 2

Erythrocyte fatty acid composition.

Fatty acid1HCSZ value2

Saturated fatty acids
 Palmitic acid (16:0) 0.166
 Stearic acid (18:0) 0.735
Monounsaturated fatty acids
 Palmitoleic acid (16:1 ) 0.235
 Vaccenic acid (18:1 ) 0.024
 Oleic acid (18:1 ) 0.509
Polyunsaturated fatty acids
 Linoleic acid (18:2 ) 0.009
-Linoleic acid (18:3 )ndnd
 Homo- -linolenic (20:3 ) 0.034
 Arachidonic acid (AA, 20:4 ) 0.014
 Docosatetraenoic acid (22:4 ) 0.276
 Docosapentaenoic acid (22:5 ) 0.003
-Linolenic acid (18:3 )ndnd
 Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20:5 ) 0.091
 Docosapentaenoic acid (22:5 ) 0.944
 Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6 ) 0.012
 EPA + DHA (omega-3 index) 0.007
Ratios
 AA:EPA 0.2361
 AA:DHA 0.0007
 AA:EPA + DHA 0.0004
 LC /LC 0.0007

Weight percent total fatty acids (g/100 g) expressed as mean ± SEM.
values from the -tests (2-tail).
nd: not detected (below the limit of reliable detection).