Changes in Oxidative Stress and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Fragile Adults over Fifty Years of Age and in Elderly People Exclusively Fed Enteral Nutrition

Table 5

Fatty acids in red blood cell membranes of frail adult and elderly patients fed exclusively by total enteral nutrition with the experimental and reference diets for 90 d and 180 d.

(%)	Experimental			Reference
	Baseline ()	90 d ()	180 d ()	Baseline ()	90 d ()	180 d ()
Palmitic acid	23.3 ± 0.4	24.6 ± 0.4	23.6 ± 0.5	22.3 ± 0.8	23.5 ± 0.3	23.7 ± 0.3
Stearic acid	13.6 ± 0.4	13.6 ± 0.3	13.9 ± 0.2	13.6 ± 0.3	13.4 ± 0.3	13.8 ± 0.4
Oleic acid	17.6 ± 0.5	17.8 ± 0.5	17.5 ± 0.4	18.1 ± 0.4	17.9 ± 0.4	18.2 ± 0.6
LA	8.8 ± 0.3	9.6 ± 0.4	9.4 ± 0.4	8.6 ± 0.3	8.2 ± 0.3	8.2 ± 0.2
LNA	0.24 ± 0.01	0.22 ± 0.01	0.26 ± 0.02	0.3 ± 0.02	0.29 ± 0.02	0.27 ± 0.01
AA	14.0 ± 0.4	12.3 ± 0.5	12.3 ± 0.6	14.6 ± 0.4	13.5 ± 0.5	13.7 ± 0.4
EPA	0.59 ± 0.04	0.55 ± 0.04	0.58 ± 0.03	0.71 ± 0.05	0.53 ± 0.04	0.49 ± 0.04
DPA	1.5 ± 0.1	1.7 ± 0.1	2.2 ± 0.1	1.9 ± 0.4	1.8 ± 0.1	1.7 ± 0.1
DHA	4.0 ± 0.3	3.6 ± 0.2	3.6 ± 0.2	3.4 ± 0.3	2.8 ± 0.2	3.0 ± 0.2
n-3 LC-PUFA	6.0 ± 0.3	5.8 ± 0.3	6.4 ± 0.2	6.0 ± 0.5	5.2 ± 0.21	5.1 ± 0.3

Significant difference between groups according to a general lineal model for repeated measures. Significant differences between groups at each time point. Mean values within a row with unlike superscript letters are significantly different in each group. Significant differences between groups at each time point. < 0.05 was considered significant. AA, arachidonic acid; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; DPA, docosapentaenoic acid; EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; LA, linoleic acid; LNA linolenic acid; -3 LC-PUFA, omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.