Table 3 Percentiles of FA composition (% wt/wt) calculated with GAMLSS

From: Reference values of whole-blood fatty acids by age and sex from European children aged 3–8 years

FA	Age	Percentile for girls							FA	Age	Percentile for boys
		5	10	25	50	75	90	95			5	10	25	50	75	90	95
C16:0									C16:0
	3–<4	23.47	24.10	25.04	25.97	26.90	27.84	28.47		3–<4	23.67	24.30	25.21	26.13	27.04	27.96	28.58
	4–<5	23.40	24.04	24.97	25.91	26.84	27.78	28.41		4–<5	23.56	24.18	25.10	26.01	26.93	27.84	28.47
	5–<6	23.34	23.98	24.91	25.85	26.78	27.72	28.35		5–<6	23.44	24.06	24.98	25.90	26.81	27.73	28.35
	6–<7	23.28	23.92	24.85	25.79	26.72	27.65	28.29		6–<7	23.32	23.95	24.86	25.78	26.70	27.61	28.24
	7–<8	23.22	23.86	24.79	25.72	26.66	27.59	28.23		7–<8	23.21	23.83	24.75	25.66	26.58	27.50	28.12
	8–<9	23.16	23.79	24.73	25.66	26.60	27.53	28.17		8–<9	23.09	23.72	24.63	25.55	26.47	27.38	28.00
C18:0									C18:0
	3–<4	11.41	11.84	12.47	13.10	13.73	14.36	14.78		3–<4	11.79	12.18	12.75	13.31	13.88	14.45	14.83
	4–<5	11.50	11.93	12.56	13.19	13.82	14.45	14.88		4–<5	11.83	12.22	12.79	13.35	13.92	14.49	14.87
	5–<6	11.59	12.02	12.65	13.28	13.91	14.54	14.97		5–<6	11.87	12.26	12.82	13.39	13.96	14.52	14.91
	6–<7	11.68	12.11	12.74	13.37	14.00	14.63	15.06		6–<7	11.91	12.30	12.86	13.43	14.00	14.56	14.95
	7–<8	11.78	12.20	12.83	13.46	14.09	14.72	15.15		7–<8	11.95	12.34	12.90	13.47	14.04	14.60	14.99
	8–<9	11.87	12.30	12.93	13.56	14.19	14.82	15.24		8–<9	11.99	12.38	12.94	13.51	14.08	14.64	15.03
C18:1n-9									C18:1n-9
	3–<4	16.56	17.27	18.50	19.92	21.42	22.84	23.71		3–<4	16.13	16.84	18.03	19.35	20.67	21.85	22.56
	4–<5	16.29	16.98	18.18	19.59	21.06	22.45	23.31		4–<5	15.91	16.62	17.81	19.13	20.45	21.64	22.35
	5–<6	16.01	16.69	17.88	19.26	20.71	22.08	22.92		5–<6	15.69	16.40	17.59	18.91	20.23	21.42	22.13
	6–<7	15.74	16.41	17.58	18.94	20.36	21.70	22.54		6–<7	15.47	16.18	17.37	18.69	20.01	21.20	21.91
	7–<8	15.48	16.14	17.28	18.62	20.02	21.34	22.16		7–<8	15.25	15.96	17.15	18.47	19.79	20.98	21.69
	8–<9	15.22	15.87	16.99	18.31	19.68	20.98	21.78		8–<9	15.03	15.75	16.93	18.25	19.57	20.76	21.47
C18:2n-6									C18:2n-6
	3–<4	13.98	14.72	15.94	17.30	18.66	19.88	20.61		3–<4	14.10	14.83	16.05	17.41	18.76	19.98	20.71
	4–<5	14.27	15.00	16.23	17.59	18.95	20.17	20.90		4–<5	14.32	15.05	16.27	17.62	18.98	20.20	20.93
	5–<6	14.56	15.29	16.52	17.87	19.23	20.46	21.19		5–<6	14.54	15.27	16.49	17.84	19.20	20.42	21.15
	6–<7	14.85	15.58	16.80	18.16	19.52	20.75	21.48		6–<7	14.75	15.48	16.70	18.06	19.41	20.63	21.37
	7–<8	15.13	15.87	17.09	18.45	19.81	21.03	21.77		7–<8	14.97	15.70	16.92	18.28	19.63	20.85	21.58
	8–<9	15.42	16.15	17.38	18.74	20.10	21.32	22.05		8–<9	15.19	15.92	17.14	18.49	19.85	21.07	21.80
C20:5n-3									C20:5n-3
	3–<4	0.15	0.17	0.20	0.26	0.33	0.43	0.50		3–<4	0.15	0.17	0.20	0.26	0.33	0.42	0.48
	4–<5	0.15	0.16	0.20	0.25	0.33	0.42	0.49		4–<5	0.15	0.16	0.20	0.25	0.32	0.41	0.47
	5–<6	0.14	0.16	0.19	0.25	0.32	0.41	0.48		5–<6	0.14	0.16	0.20	0.25	0.32	0.40	0.46
	6–<7	0.14	0.16	0.19	0.24	0.31	0.40	0.47		6–<7	0.14	0.16	0.19	0.24	0.31	0.39	0.45
	7–<8	0.14	0.15	0.19	0.24	0.31	0.39	0.46		7–<8	0.14	0.15	0.19	0.24	0.30	0.38	0.44
	8–<9	0.13	0.15	0.18	0.23	0.30	0.38	0.45		8–<9	0.13	0.15	0.18	0.23	0.30	0.38	0.44
C22:5n-3									C22:5n-3
	3–<4	0.27	0.32	0.41	0.53	0.65	0.77	0.84		All	0.28	0.33	0.41	0.52	0.64	0.76	0.83
	4–<5	0.27	0.32	0.40	0.51	0.63	0.75	0.82
	5–<6	0.26	0.31	0.40	0.50	0.62	0.73	0.80
	6–<7	0.25	0.30	0.39	0.49	0.61	0.72	0.79
	7–<8	0.25	0.29	0.38	0.48	0.59	0.70	0.77
	8–<9	0.24	0.29	0.37	0.47	0.58	0.68	0.75

Abbreviations: FA, fatty acid; GAMLSS, generalized additive models for location scale and shape.

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Table 3 Percentiles of FA composition (% wt/wt) calculated with GAMLSS

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