Table 3.
Pearson correlations between diet and RBC fatty acid composition for the 2 dietary treatments (r values)
High SFA | High USFA | |||||||
Fatty acid | day 1 | day 7 | day 14 | day 21 | day 1 | day 7 | day 14 | day 21 |
SFA | ||||||||
C12:0 | 0.251 | 0.161 | 0.101 | 0.141 | 0.100 | 0.140 | 0.040 | 0.001 |
C14:0 | 0.497* | 0.231 | 0.179 | 0.075 | 0.248 | 0.330 | 0.163 | 0.145 |
C15:0 | 0.180 | 0.390* | 0.121 | 0.265 | 0.336 | 0.106 | 0.036 | 0.026 |
C16:0 | 0.143 | 0.169 | 0.134 | 0.193 | 0.356 | 0.238 | 0.054 | 0.251 |
C17:0 | 0.229 | 0.062 | 0.200 | 0.226 | 0.391* | 0.101 | 0.053 | 0.061 |
C18:0 | 0.200 | 0.101 | 0.339 | 0.124 | 0.213 | 0.351 | 0.379* | 0.326 |
MUFA | ||||||||
C18:1 | 0.386* | 0.157 | 0.412* | 0.226 | 0.008 | 0.218 | 0.336 | 0.421* |
PUFA | ||||||||
C18:2 | 0.315 | 0.319 | 0.509* | 0.223 | 0.237 | 0.278 | 0.260 | 0.304 |
C18:3 | 0.262 | 0.143 | 0.313 | 0.218 | 0.028 | 0.169 | 0.121 | 0.155 |
C20:4 | 0.078 | 0.114 | 0.144 | 0.038 | 0.014 | 0.191 | 0.202 | 0.130 |
C20:5 | 0.197 | 0.419* | 0.473* | 0.487* | 0.257 | 0.223 | 0.243 | 0.167 |
C22:6 | 0.373* | 0.447* | 0.433* | 0.369* | 0.408* | 0.480* | 0.491* | 0.394* |
SFA, saturated fatty acid; USFA, unsaturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid; *P < 0.05