Table 2.

Correlation between erythrocyte fatty acid levels, age and sex in cholelithiasis and gallbladder carcinoma (figure in parenthesis is probability)

	Age	Sex	Lauric acid	Myristic acid	Palmitic A	Palmitoleic A	Stearic A	Oleic A	Arachidonic A
			C12:0	C14:0	C16:0	C16:1	C18:0	C18:1	C20:4
Age	1.0
Sex	-0.255* (0.01)	1.0
C 12:0	-0.239 (0.01)*	0.064 (0.52)	1.0
C 14:0	-0.039 (0.7)	-0.09 (0.37)	-0.028 (0.77)	1.0
C 16:0	0.04 (0.69)	0.063 (0.53)	-0.143 (0.15)	0.437 (0.000)*	1.0
C 16:1	0.094 (0.35)	0.03 (0.74)	-0.117 (0.246)	-0.18 (0.07)	-0.017 (0.86)	1.0
C 18:0	-0.10 (0.32)	0.05 (0.60)	0.27 (0.007)*	-0.08 (0.42)	0.117 (0.24)	-0.225 (0.025)*	1.0
C 18:1	-0.22 (0.82)	0.026 (0.79)	-0.11 (0.274)	-0.08 (0.42)	-0.182 (0.07)	0.011 (0.91)	-0.269 (0.007)*	1.0
C 20:4	-0.256 (0.01)*	0.085 (0.40)	-0.08 (0.41)	0.087 (0.38)	0.127 (0.207)	0.081 (0.42)	0.005 (0.95)	0.069 (0.49)	1.0

* Significant correlation. A = Acid