## 3 Results
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\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline \multirow{2}{*}{**Variables**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**All \(\boldsymbol{n}\) = 196**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Females**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Males**} & \multirow{2}{*}{\(p\) **Value \({}^{*}\) (Males**} \\ \cline{3-3} \cline{5-8}  & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Median**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**IQR**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Median**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**IQR**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Median**} & \multicolumn{2}{c}{**IQR**} \\ \hline \multicolumn{8}{c}{**Selected daily nutrient intakes evaluated in 24 h dietary recalls**} \\ \hline Kilocalories & 1201.59 & 494.72 & 1201.49 & 440.11 & 1205.77 & 580.32 & 0.889 \\ Protein (g) & 66.60 & 22.11 & 66.63 & 23.00 & 66.48 & 23.80 & 0.832 \\ Lipids (g) & 44.59 & 25.08 & 44.17 & 22.99 & 45.67 & 28.42 & 0.781 \\ Carbohydrates (g) & 135.93 & 58.15 & 138.52 & 51.27 & 129.93 & 61.29 & 0.266 \\ Water (g) & 21.96 & 829.49 & 2146.43 & 749.58 & 2280.80 & 912.78 & 0.207 \\ Cholesterol (mg) & 260.54 & 157.94 & 255.68 & 129.83 & 274.79 & 158.47 & 0.853 \\ ALA (mg) & 77.16 & 217.21 & 57.29 & 196.85 & 87 & 272.44 & 0.280 \\ DHA (mg) & 10.63 & 24 & 10.16 & 19.47 & 10.95 & 24.74 & 0.547 \\ EPA (mg) & 3.4 & 5.99 & 3.09 & 5.81 & 4.00 & 6.20 & 0.971 \\ LA (mg) & 943.08 & 2306.07 & 953.40 & 2072.57 & 943.08 & 2334.76 & 0.527 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular} Legend: PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid; IQR, interquartile range (IQR = Q3–Q1); zBMI, standardized body mass index (BMI) to account for age and gender; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides, HDL; high density cholesterol; g; grams; mg, milligrams; \(\mu\)mol/L, micromodes/liter; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; CRP, C reactive protein; ALA, alpha-linolenic acid; ARA, arachidonic acid; DHA, docosahexaenoicacid; EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; LA, linoleic acid. \({}^{*}\)\(p\) value \(<\) 0.05.  
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Table 1: _Cont._ \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c} \hline \hline  & & **EPA** & ** DHA** & **ALA** & **EPA** & ** DHA** & \\  & & **Plasma** & **Plasma** & **Intake** & **Intake** & **Intake** & **Intake** & **Age** \\ \hline ALA plasma & rho & 0.519 \({}^{**}\) & 0.523 \({}^{**}\) & 0.093 & 0.159 \({}^{*}\) & 0.069 & \(-\)0.237 \({}^{**}\) \\  & \(p\)-value & \(<\)0.001 & \(<\)0.001 & 0.227 & 0.037 & 0.37 & 0.001 \\ \hline EPA plasma & rho & & 0.682 \({}^{**}\) & 0.108 & 0.13 & 0.056 & \(-\)0.217 \({}^{**}\) \\  & \(p\)-value & & \(<\)0.001 & 0.158 & 0.089 & 0.469 & 0.002 \\ \hline DHA plasma & rho & & \(-\)0.003 & 0.182 \({}^{*}\) & 0.159 \({}^{*}\) & \(-\)0.195 \({}^{**}\) \\  & \(p\)-value & & 0.973 & 0.017 & 0.038 & 0.007 \\ \hline ALA intake & rho & & & 0.195 \({}^{**}\) & 0.117 & \(-\)0.074 \\  & \(p\)-value & & & 0.01 & 0.126 & 0.337 \\ \hline EPA intake & rho & & & & 0.769 \({}^{**}\) & \(-\)0.122 \\  & \(p\)-value & & & & \(<\)0.001 & 0.109 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular} \({}^{*}\) Correlation is significant at \(\leq\)0.05 (2-tailed), ** Correlation is significant at \(\leq\)0.01 level (2-tailed). Legend: ALA, alpha-linolenic acid; DHA, docosahexaenoicacid; EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid, rho–Spearman coefficient.  
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Table 2: [PERSON]’s rho. results. Plasma fatty acids were quantified in their free form using LC-MS/MS. Food intake was evaluated using five-pass 24 h dietary recalls and converted into micronutrients based on USDA) Food and Nutrient Database. and CC genotypes, specifically for EPA and DHA dietary intakes below medians, for all participants (3.45 mg for EPA and 10.56 mg for DHA). Boxplot representations of DHA distribution are shown in Figure 1.