Table 2.
Spearman's correlation coefficients between dietary EPA and DHA intake and ARA composition of plasma TG, EC, and PL and erythrocyte PL in YM-G, YW-G, EM-G, EW-G, and ALL-G
| ARA compositions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plasma TG | Plasma EC | Plasma PL | Erythrocyte PL | ||||||
| Dietary intakes | |||||||||
| 20:5n-3 (EPA) | YM-G | 0.114 | -0.189 | -0.186 | -0.633 | ** | |||
| YW-G | 0.146 | -0.285 | -0.344 | -0.677 | *** | ||||
| EM-G | 0.545 | ** | -0.046 | -0.265 | -0.505 | * | |||
| EW-G | 0.003 | -0.084 | -0.103 | -0.503 | ** | ||||
| All-G | -0.203 | * | -0.436 | *** | -0.610 | *** | -0.815 | *** | |
| 22:6n-3 (DHA) | YM-G | 0.030 | -0.223 | -0.244 | -0.618 | ** | |||
| YW-G | 0.193 | -0.191 | -0.297 | -0.599 | *** | ||||
| EM-G | 0.542 | ** | 0.046 | -0.129 | -0.545 | ** | |||
| EW-G | -0.060 | -0.143 | -0.172 | -0.534 | ** | ||||
| All-G | -0.187 | -0.410 | *** | -0.595 | *** | -0.811 | *** | ||
Abbreviations: TG, triacylglycerol; EC, esterified cholesterol; PL, phospholipids; EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; ARA, arachidonic acid; YM-G, young men group; YW-G, young women group; EM-G, elderly men group; EW-G, elderly women group; All-G, all subjects group.
*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.