Table 3.
Correlations between serum EPA/AA, DHA/AA, (EPA+DHA)/AA ratios and various parameters
|
Serum EPA/AA ratio |
Serum DHA/AA ratio |
Serum (EPA+DHA)/AA ratio |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Univariate |
Multivariate |
Univariate |
Univariate |
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| r | p value | p value | r | p value | r | p value | |
| Age |
0.242 |
0.005 |
0.003 |
0.296 |
0.001 |
0.295 |
<0.001 |
| BMI |
−0.162 |
0.061 |
|
−0.127 |
0.144 |
−0.154 |
0.076 |
| WC |
−0.176 |
0.042 |
- |
−0.117 |
0.179 |
−0.153 |
0.077 |
| Log-eVFA |
−0.212 |
0.015 |
0.026 |
−0.097 |
0.269 |
−0.157 |
0.071 |
| Brinkman index |
−0.081 |
0.696 |
|
−0.081 |
0.359 |
−0.066 |
0.453 |
| SBP |
0.079 |
0.679 |
|
0.135 |
0.120 |
0.100 |
0.251 |
| DBP |
−0.076 |
0.631 |
|
0.056 |
0.521 |
0.015 |
0.867 |
| FBG |
−0.009 |
0.919 |
|
−0.016 |
0.856 |
−0.016 |
0.851 |
| HbA1c |
−0.010 |
0.915 |
|
−0.015 |
0.863 |
−0.013 |
0.879 |
| HOMA-IR |
−0.064 |
0.543 |
|
−0.032 |
0.763 |
−0.047 |
0.654 |
| eGFR |
0.045 |
0.614 |
|
−0.079 |
0.373 |
−0.029 |
0.740 |
| UACR |
0.043 |
0.674 |
|
0.035 |
0.729 |
0.041 |
0.684 |
| LDL-C |
0.063 |
0.481 |
|
0.058 |
0.514 |
0.065 |
0.463 |
| HDL-C |
0.098 |
0.264 |
|
0.45 |
0.611 |
0.072 |
0.409 |
| Log-TG | −0.154 | 0.076 | 0.074 | 0.396 | −0.026 | 0.767 | |
Data are mean ± SEM (range), or number of subjects. Abbreviations as in Table 1. Parameters with p<0.05 in univariate analysis were subsequently entered into stepwise regression analysis as significant and independent variables. EPA/AA (adopted parameters; age, eVFA).