On the other hand, when the content of total n−3, C18:3n−3
(linolenic acid, LNA) and C20:3n−3 was estimated for warm fat samples,
the predictability was higher than found for n−6 content. In this
sense, the R2 (RMSECV) ranged from 0.81 (0.11mg g−1 fat) to 0.86
(1.56mg g−1 fat) and the RPD statistics from 1.90 to 2.01, indicating
that NIRS was more suitable for predicting the presence of these FA.NIRS
was less suitable for predicting C22:5n−3 as the variance explained by