Table 4.
Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients between intakes of whole-grain (WG) wheat (WGW), WG rye (WGR) and WG rye and wheat (WGR&W) from the FFQ closest to the sample draw/aspiration (FFQ-10 for men and FFQ-03 for women) and alkylresorcinol (AR) concentrations in plasma or adipose tissue among free-living Swedish men (n 149) and women (n 109)†
| AR | WGR&W | WGW | WGR | Plasma v. adipose‡ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C17:0 | ||||
| Adipose | 0·35*** | 0·14* | 0·40*** | 0·81*** |
| Plasma | 0·36*** | 0·15* | 0·40*** | |
| C19:0 | ||||
| Adipose | 0·29*** | 0·14* | 0·32*** | 0·70*** |
| Plasma | 0·28*** | 0·09 | 0·32*** | |
| C21:0 | ||||
| Adipose | 0·26*** | 0·12 | 0·30*** | 0·61*** |
| Plasma | 0·19** | 0·06 | 0·23*** | |
| C23:0 | ||||
| Adipose | 0·32*** | 0·18** | 0·33*** | 0·58*** |
| Plasma | 0·26*** | 0·12 | 0·28*** | |
| C25:0 | ||||
| Adipose | 0·28*** | 0·17** | 0·29*** | 0·49*** |
| Plasma | 0·28** | 0·12 | 0·31*** |
WGW and WGR were calculated from FFQ by multiplying the frequency of intake of every WG-containing item by its specific portion size and WG content (WG wheat content for WGW; and WG rye content for WGR); WGR&W was the sum of WGW and WGR.
*P<0·05, **P<0·01, ***P<0·001.
n 239 for AR concentration in plasma; plasma samples were missing for nineteen women.
The correlation coefficients between AR concentrations.