Table 3.

Correlation between acute myocardial infarction, alcohol drinking, smoking, body mass index, and erythrocyte membrane fatty acid composition

Variables	Acute MI	Omega-3 index
Omega-3 index	-0.585 (< 0.001)
Alcohol drinking	-0.004 (0.973)	-0.121 (0.333)
Smoking	0.366 (0.003)	-0.220 (0.076)
Body mass index	-0.272 (0.027)	0.293 (0.017)
Fish intake (servings/week)	-0.242 (0.050)	0.284 (0.021)
Total saturated fatty acids	-0.049 (0.693)	-0.424 (< 0.001)
Total monounsaturated fatty acids	-0.299 (0.015)	-0.213 (0.086)
Total polyunsaturated fatty acids	0.080 (0.503)	0.499 (< 0.001)
Arachidonic acid/eicosapentaenoic acid ratio	0.309 (0.012)	-0.473 (< 0.001)
Total trans fatty acids	0.117 (0.350)	-0.150 (0.231)

By partial correlation coefficient after adjustment for age and gender

Data are expressed as correlation coefficients (p value).