TABLE 4.

Mean (SD) serum TG fatty acid profile measured at two time points with corresponding P-values and repeatability coefficient

Fatty Acid	Initial Analyses	Repeat Analyses	Mean Difference	P	Repeatability Coefficient
SFA	29.6 ± 4.9	30.1 ± 5.1	0.50	0.50	1.66
14:0	2.3 ± 0.7	2.2 ± 0.8	−0.06	0.33	0.39
16:0	24.4 ± 4.1	24.7 ± 4.2	0.31	0.34	1.44
18:0	2.9 ± 0.8	2.8 ± 0.7	−0.13	0.31	0.61
MUFA	35.4 ± 4.8	35.5 ± 4.5	0.05	0.42	1.78
16:1n-9+n-7	3.3 ± 1.0	3.5 ± 1.0	0.28	0.22	0.98
18:1n-9	27.0 ± 4.5	26.8 ± 4.3	−0.17	0.38	1.48
18:1n-7	1.9 ± 0.4	1.7 ± 0.4	−0.18	0.07	0.76
PUFA	35.0 ± 5.9	34.5 ± 5.9	−0.51	0.47	1.54
n-6	31.3 ± 5.6	30.5 ± 5.6	−0.80	0.41	1.44
18:2n-6	27.0 ± 5.2	26.4 ± 5.2	−0.27	0.45	1.08
18:3n-6	0.7 ± 0.3	0.7 ± 0.4	0.02	0.33	0.22
20:3n-6	0.4 ± 0.1	0.4 ± 0.2	0.01	0.45	0.13
20:4n-6	1.5 ± 0.5	1.7 ± 0.6	0.11	0.36	0.71
n-3	3.7 ± 1.2	4.0 ± 1.0	0.30	0.26	1.27
18:3n-3	2.3 ± 0.9	2.3 ± 0.7	−0.02	0.31	0.92
20:5n-3	0.4 ± 0.2	0.4 ± 0.3	0.05	0.31	0.24
22:5n-3	0.3 ± 0.1	0.4 ± 0.2	0.12	0.01	0.32
22:6n-3	0.7 ± 0.6	0.9 ± 0.6	0.18	0.07	0.55
Trans	4.8 ± 2.3	4.7 ± 2.0	−0.12	0.45	1.60
18:1t	3.3 ± 1.9	3.1 ± 1.7	−0.16	0.40	0.96
18:2t	1.5 ± 0.4	1.7 ± 0.6	−0.05	0.48	0.92