Intake of n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Increases Omega-3 Index in Aged Male and Female Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

Table 3

The levels of n-3 PUFA and n-6 PUFA in red blood cells of male SHR and Wistar rats.

	WRc	WRn3	SHRc	SHRn3
n-6 PUFA (%)	14.03	13.62	9.48	13.15
n-3 PUFA (%)	3.46	6.87	3.21	3.72
n-6/n-3 PUFA	3/1	2/1	2/1	4/1
EPA + DHA	1.75	4.88	0.73	2.38
AA/EPA	16.72	4.41	110.12	40.58

WRc: Wistar control rats, WRn3: Wistar rats fed with n-3 PUFA, SHRc: SHR control rats, and SHRn3: SHR rats fed with n-3 PUFA.