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

Table 4

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

	WRc	WRn3	SHRc	SHRn3
n-6 PUFA (%)	3.33	7.01	4.74	7.58
n-3 PUFA (%)	1.31	4.54	3.43	5.03
n-6/n-3 PUFA	3/1	2/1	1/1	2/1
EPA + DHA	1.17	3.17	0.44	3.34
AA/EPA	10.5	0.45	1.25	1.07

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.