“…The difference of circulating n -3 PUFAs between cases and controls was also explored. No significant difference was found between cases and controls with respect to circulating ALA (WMD: 0.02; 95% CI: −0.02, 0.25) ( Figure S2 ) [ 9 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 21 , 27 , 28 , 31 , 33 , 36 ] and EPA (WMD: −0.02; 95% CI: −0.08, 0.03) ( Figure 4 ) [ 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 21 , 27 , 31 , 33 , 36 ], while circulating n -3 PUFAs (WMD: 0.24; 95% CI: 0.04, 0.43) ( Figure 4 ) [ 8 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 33 ], DPA (WMD: 0.07; 95% CI: 0.01, 0.14) ( Figure 5 ) [ 11 , 12 , 15 , 33 ] and DHA (WMD: 0.09; 95% CI: 0.01, 0.16) ( Figure 5 ) [ 9 , 10 , 11 ,…”