Systemic confounders affecting serum measurements of omega-3 and -6 polyunsaturated fatty acids in patients with retinal disease

Table 1 Serum omega-3 (A) and omega-6 (B) PUFA levels in patients with different retinal diseases

	Estimate	std. error	t value	Pr (>\|t\|)
A. omega-3 PUFAs
AMD vs Control	0.48	0.25	1.92	0.222
DR vs Control	−0.28	0.22	−1.26	0.585
RVO vs Control	−0.13	0.31	−0.41	0.976
DR vs AMD	−0.76	0.22	−3.47	0.004**
RVO vs AMD	−0.61	0.31	−1.98	0.199
RVO vs DR	0.15	0.29	0.53	0.950
B. omega-6 PUFAs
AMD vs Control	0.59	1.60	0.37	0.983
DR vs Control	1.11	1.42	0.79	0.858
RVO vs Control	0.64	2.02	0.32	0.988
DR vs AMD	0.52	1.44	0.37	0.983
RVO vs AMD	0.06	2.03	0.03	1.000
RVO vs DR	−0.47	1.90	−0.25	0.994

The table displays group comparisons without correction for potential confounders. p-values are shown in the right column and were calculated using ANOVA with Tukey contrasts correcting for multiple testing
**signifies p-values < 0.01

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