Table 1.
Variable | Melting Point | Plasma lipophilic index (n=838)
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Erythrocyte lipophilic index (n=876)
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Mean | SD | Beta | SE | Mean | SD | Beta | SE | ||
Saturated fatty acids | |||||||||
14:0 | 53.9 | 0.53 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.004 | 0.30 | 0.22 | 0.17 | 0.018 |
15:0 | 52.3 | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.30 | 0.025 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.50 | 0.043 |
16:0 | 63.1 | 19.1 | 2.46 | 0.46 | 0.002 | 19.2 | 1.97 | 0.41 | 0.002 |
17:0 | 61.3 | 0.31 | 0.09 | 0.44 | 0.012 | 0.37 | 0.10 | 0.39 | 0.041 |
18:0 | 69.6 | 8.17 | 1.33 | 0.52 | 0.002 | 14.5 | 2.26 | 0.46 | 0.003 |
19:0 | 68.6 | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.50 | 0.022 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.37 | 0.035 |
20:0 | 76.8 | 0.19 | 0.05 | 0.59 | 0.025 | 0.38 | 0.05 | 0.69 | 0.039 |
22:0 | 81.5 | 0.49 | 0.19 | 0.66 | 0.009 | 1.58 | 0.28 | 0.63 | 0.011 |
23:0 | 79.1 | 0.20 | 0.08 | 0.61 | 0.024 | 0.28 | 0.06 | 0.31 | 0.05 |
24:0 | 87.8 | 0.42 | 0.16 | 0.71 | 0.012 | 3.90 | 0.81 | 0.68 | 0.005 |
Monounsaturated fatty acids | |||||||||
16:1n-7 | 0.0 | 1.55 | 0.79 | −0.20 | 0.003 | 0.46 | 0.23 | −0.24 | 0.012 |
18:1n-7 | 15.0 | 1.65 | 0.29 | −0.04 | 0.005 | 1.08 | 0.14 | −0.18 | 0.016 |
18:1n-9 | 16.0 | 19.4 | 3.01 | −0.03 | 0.002 | 13.1 | 2.07 | −0.1 | 0.002 |
20:1n-9 | 23.3 | 0.15 | 0.07 | −0.01NS | 0.017 | 0.19 | 0.04 | −0.05 NS | 0.047 |
24:1n-9 | 42.8 | 0.54 | 0.23 | 0.26 | 0.007 | 3.77 | 0.80 | 0.18 | 0.004 |
Polyunsaturated fatty acids | |||||||||
18:2n-6 | −5.0 | 30.6 | 4.45 | −0.25 | 0.002 | 13.2 | 3.07 | −0.33 | 0.002 |
18:3n-6 | −11.2 | 0.42 | 0.15 | −0.31 | 0.008 | 0.1 | 0.04 | −0.54 | 0.042 |
20:4n-6 | −49.5 | 7.29 | 1.78 | −0.71 | 0.002 | 13.0 | 1.82 | −0.81 | 0.003 |
18:3n-3 | −11.2 | 0.60 | 0.24 | −0.31 | 0.004 | 0.21 | 0.24 | −0.37 | 0.008 |
20:5n-3 | −54.1 | 0.65 | 0.48 | −0.75 | 0.003 | 0.52 | 0.31 | −0.84 | 0.007 |
22:6n-3 | −44.2 | 1.75 | 0.77 | −0.65 | 0.002 | 3.7 | 1.22 | −0.76 | 0.002 |
Trans fatty acids | |||||||||
trans 16:1n-7 | 31.0 | 0.15 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.018 | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.02 NS | 0.05 |
trans 18:1 | 48.7 | 1.74 | 1.01 | 0.31 | 0.002 | 1.48 | 0.64 | 0.26 | 0.004 |
9t, 12t 18:2n-6 | 28.5 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.22 | 0.027 | 0.01 | 0.02 | −0.02 NS | 0.075 |
9c, 12t 18:2n-6 | 1.0 | 0.24 | 0.11 | −0.20 | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.04 | −0.35 | 0.083 |
9t, 12c 18:2n-6 | 1.0 | 0.16 | 0.11 | −0.18 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.04 | −0.16 | 0.084 |
non-significant.
All P<0.001 unless otherwise indicated.