Table 2.

Dietary intake and adipose tissue fatty acids of study participants

	Metabolic Syndrome
	No n=273		Yes n=211
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	P
Total Calories kcal	2368	748	2271	646	0.29
Carbohydrates, %energy	54.1	8.3	54.2	7.9	0.94
Protein, %energy	13.4	2.4	13.7	2.9	0.24
Total fat, %energy	33.2	6.1	33.4	5.9	0.69
-Saturated Fat, %energy	11.6	2.7	11.8	2.8	0.49
14:0	0.85	0.38	0.82	0.39	0.29
16:0	7.9	2.1	7.8	2.2	0.47
18:0	2.5	0.6	2.5	0.7	0.76
-Monounsaturated fat, %energy	12.4	3.5	12.4	3.3	0.95
16:1n-9	0.45	0.15	0.44	0.16	0.35
18:1n-9	10.1	3.5	10.0	3.2	0.70
-Polyunsaturated fat, %energy	5.6	1.5	5.6	1.6	0.51
18:2 n-6	5.0	1.5	5.0	1.8	0.53
18:3 n-6	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.89
20:4 n-6	0.09	0.04	0.09	0.05	0.23
18:3 n-3	0.48	0.13	0.47	0.13	0.71
20:5 n-3	0.04	0.03	0.04	0.02	0.18
22:6 n-3	0.07	0.06	0.07	0.06	0.19
-Trans unsaturated fat, % energy	1.24	0.80	1.24	0.86	0.88
Cholesterol in mg/1000 cal	122	51	130	80	0.70
Fiber, g/1000 kcal	10.6	3.1	11.0	2.8	0.04
Sodium intake, mg/d	2118	756	1974	644	0.05
Alcohol intake, g/d	8.5	18.7	5.7	12.9	0.06
%alcohol users	57%		54%		0.46
Fatty acids in adipose tissue*
14:0	1.03	0.49	1.01	0.46	0.77
16:0	21.7	2.67	21.6	2.76	0.59
18:0	3.14	1.04	2.77	0.93	<0.0001
16:1	5.92	2.07	6.68	2.24	0.0002
18:1	44.1	2.8	44.5	3.0	0.10
18:2 n-6	13.6	3.2	13.0	3.4	0.02
18:3 n-6	0.16	0.21	0.11	0.12	0.17
20:4 n-6	0.41	0.12	0.48	0.13	<0.0001
18:3 n-3	0.56	0.16	0.53	0.16	0.004
20:5 n-3	0.04	0.02	0.04	0.02	0.0005
22:6 n-3	0.16	0.05	0.18	0.06	0.002
Total trans	3.14	1.01	2.84	0.94	0.001

^*Age-adjusted adipose tissue fatty acids presented as a percent of total fatty acids.