Table 1: Total erythrocyte membrane fatty acid compositions and percentages of erythrocyte phospholipid classes. Results are expressed in mol%, mean ± SD.

Fatty Acid ET1 ET2 PE2 PC2 PS2
16:0 25.6 23.0 ± 1.1 15.7 ± 1.2 34.7 ± 1.5 3.5 ± 0.9
18:0 14.3 15.0 ± 0.6 8.1 ± 1.0 10.0 ± 1.1 39.4 ± 1.2
18:1 n-9 14.3 14.0 ± 0.6 16.8 ± 1.3 16.3 ± 0.4 6.6 ± 0.7
18:2 n-6 11.2 11.6 ± 1.1 6.6 ± 1.2 22.6 ± 2.0 2.2 ± 0.2
18:3 n-3 0.1 0.1 ± 0.1 0.2 ± 0.1 0.3 ± 0.1 -
20:3 n-6 1.0 1.5 ± 0.2 1.3 ± 0.3 2.0 ± 0.5 1.9 ± 0.4
20:4 n-6 14.1 13.7 ± 1.0 23.8 ± 1.8 5.8 ± 1.2 23.1 ± 1.7
20:5 n-3 0.8 1.4 ± 0.4 2.9 ± 0.9 1.1 ± 0.4 0.9 ± 0.2
22:5 n-3 1.6 2.5 ± 0.2 5.1 ± 0.5 0.6 ± 0.1 4.0 ± 0.6
22:6 n-3 3.9 6.7 ± 0.9 12.6 ± 1.6 3.0 ± 0.6 14.1 ± 1.4

Abbreviations: ET, Erythrocyte Total; PE, phosphatidylethanolamine; PC, phosphatidylcholine; PS, phosphatidylserine; 1[12]; 2[20]