TABLE 2.

Spearman correlation coefficients between specific plasma phospholipid trans fatty acid isomers in 3330 men and women in the Cardiovascular Health Study¹

		trans 16:1			trans 18:1						trans 18:2
	Total trans	t-16:1n−7	t-16:1n−9	Total t-16:1	t-18:1n−6	t-18:1n−7	t-18:1n−8	t-18:1n−9	t-18:1n−10–12	Total t-18:1	t/c-18:2n−6n−9	c/t-18:2n−6n−9	t/t-18:2n−6n−9	Total t-18:2
trans Fatty acid isomers	2.52 ± 0.792	0.19 ± 0.05	0.07 ± 0.03	0.25 ± 0.06	0.61 ± 0.21	0.50 ± 0.18	0.33 ± 0.14	0.36 ± 0.14	0.21 ± 0.08	2.01 ± 0.71	0.13 ± 0.05	0.08 ± 0.02	0.05 ± 0.04	0.27 ± 0.09
t-16:1n−7	0.203
t-16:1n−9	0.643	0.113
Total t-16:1	0.453	0.883	0.533
t-18:1n−6	0.983	0.123	0.613	0.373
t-18:1n−7	0.953	0.243	0.593	0.463	0.933
t-18:1n−8	0.933	0.203	0.613	0.433	0.883	0.863
t-18:1n−9	0.943		0.633	0.283	0.943	0.863	0.853
t-18:1n−10–12	0.923	0.063	0.573	0.293	0.913	0.823	0.853	0.913
Total t-18:1	0.993	0.143	0.633	0.393	0.983	0.953	0.933	0.953	0.933
t/c-18:2n−6n−9	0.563		0.253	0.113	0.493	0.473	0.463	0.503	0.493	0.513
c/t-18:2n−6n−9	0.633		0.473	0.243	0.583	0.533	0.523	0.623	0.573	0.593	0.713
t/t-18:2n6n−9	0.143	0.153	−0.054	0.083	0.103	0.123	0.153	0.054	0.113	0.113		−0.093
Total t-18:2	0.623	0.063	0.243	0.163	0.553	0.523	0.513	0.553	0.563	0.563	0.933	0.783	0.243

¹Only correlations with P < 0.05 are presented.

²Mean ± SD as percentage of total fatty acids (all such values).

³P < 0.001.

⁴P < 0.01.