Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids (Macronutrients)

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Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids

TABLE 8-6 Monounsaturated Fatty Acid Content in Term Human Milk of Women in the United States and Canada

Reference	n	Monounsaturated Fatty Acid	Content in Human Milk
Reference	n	Monounsaturated Fatty Acid	% of Total Fatty Acids	% of Total Energy^a
Putnam et al., 1982	9	18:1	37.6 ± 0.75	20.52
		20:1	0.9 ± 0.07	0.49
		22:1	0.1 ± 0.02	0.05
		Total	38.6	21.06
Bitman et al., 1983	6	16:1	3.83 ± 0.39	2.09
		18:1	35.51 ± 2.73	19.38
		Total	39.34	21.47
Harris et al., 1984	8	16:1	2.5 ± 0.6	1.36
		18:1	32.6 ± 3.3	17.79
		20:1	0.5 ± 0.1	0.27
		Total	35.6	19.42
Finley et al., 1985	172	16:1	3.02 ± 0.77	1.65
		18:1	31.72 ± 3.81	17.31
		Total	34.74	18.96
Innis and Kuhnlein, 1988	12	16:1	3.3 ± 0.6	1.80
		18:1	36.3 ± 2.7	19.81
		20:1	0.7 ± 0.3	0.38
		22:1	0.2 ± 0.1	0.11
		Total	40.5	22.10
Chen et al., 1995a	198	14:1	0.28 ± 0.08	0.15
		16:1	2.68 ± 0.69	1.46
		17:1	0.21 ± 0.06	0.11
		18:1	36.09 ± 3.51	19.70
		20:1	0.53 ± 0.22	0.29
		22:1	0.02 ± 0.03	0.01
		Total	39.81	21.72
Innis and King, 1999	103	14:1	0.2 ± 0.01	0.11
		16:1	2.5 ± 0.08	1.36
		18:1	35.7 ± 0.41	19.49
		20:1	0.6 ± 0.05	0.33
		22:1	0.2 ± 0.02	0.11
		24:1	0.1 ± 0.01	0.05
		Total	39.3	21.45
^a Calculated using the following values: 40 g of fat/L of milk, 8.87 kcal/g of fat, 650 kcal/L of milk.

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Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids (Macronutrients) (2005)
Food and Nutrition Board (FNB)