Table 5.
Adjusted regression coefficients (S.E.) for differences in omega-3 fatty acid relative to a one-unit increase in log10-transformed bis-2-chloroethyl phosphate (BCEP), with results weighted for sampling strategy.
| Eicosapentaenoic acid (μmol/L) | Docosahexaenoic acid (μmol/L) | Alpha-linolenic acid (μmol/L) | Stearidonic acid (μmol/L) | Docosapentaenoic acid (μmol/L) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unweighted no./Population size | Regression coefficient (S.E.) | P | Unweighted no./Population size | Regression coefficient (S.E.) | P | Unweighted no./Population size | Regression coefficient (S.E.) | P | Unweighted no./Population size | Regression coefficient (S.E.) | P | Unweighted no./Population size | Regression coefficient (S.E.) | P | |
| Overall | 1,210/ 53,466,400 | −3.86(3.29) | 0.249 | 1,148/ 51,175,298 | −7.11 (3.23) | 0.035 | 1,338 (57068532) | −1.50 (3.09) | 0.736 | 1,127/ 49,353,600 | −0.46 (0.31) | 0.15 | 1,229/ 53,859,774 | −1.09 (1.38) | 0.434 |
| Sex | |||||||||||||||
| Male | 578(25098217) | −4.53(4.09) | 0.276 | 554(24390323) | −8.73(5.89) | 0.148 | 635(26652434) | −5.08(4.81) | 0.3 | 541(23559140) | −1.1(0.51) | 0.038 | 585(25284654) | −3.52(2.00) | 0.089 |
| Female | 632(28368184) | −4.52(3.92) | 0.257 | 594(26784975) | −5.59(5.18) | 0.288 | 703(30416098) | 2.21(2.65) | 0.411 | 586(25794460) | −0.05(0.28) | 0.863 | 644(28575120) | 0.12(1.36) | 0.929 |
| Age (years) | |||||||||||||||
| 20–50 | 628(28793617) | −6.71(3.66) | 0.076 | 585(27142107) | −4.38(5.38) | 0.422 | 688(30622159) | −4.32(4.80) | 0.376 | 557(25985209) | −1.04(0.42) | 0.019 | 636(29055012) | −1.26(1.38) | 0.37 |
| >50 | 582(24672783) | −1.98(4.42) | 0.657 | 563(24033191) | −10.85(6.04) | 0.082 | 650(26446373) | 1.68(3.64) | 0.648 | 570(23368390) | 0.11(0.36) | 0.772 | 593(24804763) | −0.92(2.22) | 0.682 |
| Body mass index (kg/m 2 ) | |||||||||||||||
| <25 | 344(14680564) | 2.84(4.64) | 0.545 | 320(13835737) | −3.05(5.89) | 0.608 | 386(15584032) | −2.21(5.66) | 0.699 | 309(13025788) | −0.36(1.10) | 0.746 | 354(14845303) | 0.79(2.46) | 0.751 |
| 25–30 | 413(19028922) | −6.17(3.61) | 0.098 | 393(18186051) | −7.14(6.35) | 0.269 | 455(20343822) | −0.82(3.87) | 0.833 | 391(17922549) | −0.45(0.44) | 0.306 | 416(19124390) | −1.86(1.9) | 0.335 |
| ≧30 | 446(19611553) | −6.56(5.16) | 0.213 | 428(19008418) | −8.79(4.53) | 0.061 | 497(21140679) | −0.59(5.21) | 0.91 | 427(18495263) | −0.54(0.31) | 0.089 | 452(19744719) | −2.34(1.38) | 0.099 |
| Alcohol consumption (drink/year) | |||||||||||||||
| <12 | 289(10184079) | −2.42(6.08) | 0.694 | 289(10184079) | −3.41(11.27) | 0.764 | 327(11054304) | 6.08(5.62) | 0.288 | 292(9998263) | −0.32(0.21) | 0.133 | 307(10654708) | 1.23(2.89) | 0.673 |
| ≧12 | 862(41115945) | −4.59(3.9) | 0.248 | 859(40991219) | −8.00(4.13) | 0.061 | 913(42559157) | −2.88(3.8) | 0.454 | 835(39355337) | −0.51(0.4) | 0.211 | 865(41072743) | −1.98(1.71) | 0.256 |
| Income (USD) | |||||||||||||||
| <45,000 | 604(20765108) | −7.66(4.64) | 0.109 | 575(19834326) | −10.3(4.59) | 0.032 | 639(21772125) | −3.48(3.49) | 0.326 | 534(18692240) | - 0.66(0.42) | 0.128 | 589(20351227) | −1.46(1.61) | 0.369 |
| > = 45,000 | 606(32701293) | −1.68(3.91) | 0.67 | 573(31340972) | −4.72(4.56) | 0.309 | 647(33725326) | 1.75(5.34) | 0.745 | 547(29285015) | −0.29(0.5) | 0.57 | 594(32097279) | −0.77(1.97) | 0.697 |
| Ethnicity | |||||||||||||||
| Mexican-American | 150(4404881) | 3.47(3.02) | 0.271 | 139(4046923) | −13.87(6.41) | 0.051 | 171(5006399) | −2.4(4.90) | 0.633 | 139(4149747) | −0.20(0.36) | 0.583 | 157(4702000) | 0.86(1.79) | 0.639 |
| Other Hispanic | 110(2876210) | 3.24(3.57) | 0.379 | 104(2666953) | −0.33(7.88) | 0.968 | 139(3563313) | 11.13(7.27) | 0.145 | 115(02761828) | 0.20(0.43) | 0.65 | 126(3248913) | 4.38(2.54) | 0.105 |
| Non-Hispanic White | 562(38067694) | −4.88(4.33) | 0.269 | 543(36842123) | −6.67(3.96) | 0.103 | 591(39536590) | −1.49(4.74) | 0.756 | 530(35419924) | −0.57(0.46) | 0.217 | 553(37780032) | 1.85(1.87) | 0.331 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 222(4371286) | −6.68(4.5) | 0.153 | 213(4162272) | −9.80(10.11) | 0.343 | 245(4805034) | −3.06(3.63) | 0.408 | 204(3918381) | −0.44(0.24) | 0.077 | 222(4341893) | −2.16(2.15) | 0.328 |
| Other Race - Including Multi-Racial | 166(3746329) | −6.19(7.75) | 0.433 | 149(3457027) | 13.72(12.48) | 0.284 | 192(4157194) | −1.69(6.16) | 0.786 | 139(3103719) | 0.18(0.49) | 0.724 | 171(3786936) | −0.37(2.73) | 0.894 |