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Table 1 Comparison of % DHA and % iTFA values from identical samples analyzed affiliated labs, OmegaQuant Analytics (Sioux Falls, South Dakota, US) and OmegaQuant-Asia (Seoul, South Korea)

From: Analysis of breast milk fatty acid composition using dried milk samples

% DHA

Samples

Referencea

Acceptable rangeb

OmegaQuant

OmegaQuant-Asia

 1

0.06 %

0.05–0.07 %

0.06 %

0.07 %

 2

0.08 %

0.07–0.09 %

0.07 %

0.09 %

 3

0.16 %

0.14–0.18 %

0.15 %

0.16 %

 4

0.32 %

0.27–0.37 %

0.30 %

0.34 %

 5

0.45 %

0.38–0.52 %

0.41 %

0.49 %

Average

0.21 %

0.18–0.25 %

0.20 %

0.23 %

% iTFA

Samples

Referencea

Acceptable rangeb

OmegaQuant

OmegaQuant-Asia

 1

2.15 %

1.83–2.48 %

2.22 %

2.09 %

 2

2.52 %

2.14–2.89 %

2.65 %

2.38 %

 3

2.07 %

1.76–2.38 %

2.23 %

1.92 %

 4

1.56 %

1.32–1.79 %

1.69 %

1.42 %

 5

1.09 %

0.92–1.25 %

1.10 %

1.08 %

Average

1.88 %

1.60–2.16 %

1.98 %

1.78 %

  1. aThe reference values for % DHA and % TFA are the average of the values from each lab
  2. bAcceptable range is ± 15 % from the reference value