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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Metabolism. 2009 Dec 31;59(7):1029–1034. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2009.10.026

Table 3.

Independent associations of RBC membrane fatty acids with sudden cardiac arrest*

Fatty acid OR for one higher SD (95% CI) p-value
16:0 1.31 (1.06-1.62) 0.01
16:1n-9 1.71 (1.15-2.54) 0.008
Trans 18:2 1.83 (1.30-2.59) 0.001
α-linolenic acid 1.24 (0.99-1.56) 0.06
DHA+EPA 0.80 (0.67-0.94) 0.008
*

Adjusted for age, gender, smoking, diabetes, hypertension, education, kilocalories of physical activity, index of fat intake, body weight and height and all the fatty acid levels in the table.