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. 2013 Jul 28;35(2):105–112. doi: 10.1155/2013/913715

Table 4.

Correlations between the relative contents of serum fatty acids and acute phase proteins in morbidly obese subjects studied (n = 21).

Fatty acids ORM CRP Albumin CRP/
Albumin
SFA        
 C12:0 (lauric acid)a −0.48* −0.44* 0.07 −0.38
 C14:0 (myristic acid)a −0.26 −0.29 −0.21 −0.19
 C16:0 (palmitic acid)a 0.20 0.10 −0.20 0.14
 C17:0 (margaric acid)b −0.09 −0.57* 0.58* −0.59*
 C18:0 (stearic acid)a −0.19 0.03 0.11 0.03
MUFA        
 C16:1 n-7 (palmitoleic acid)a −0.10 0.24 0.08 0.18
 C18:1 n-9 (oleic acid)a 0.14 0.23 −0.07 0.19
n-3 PUFA        
 C20:5 n-3 (EPA)b −0.46* −0.29 0.51* −0.33
 C22:6 n-3 (DHA)a −0.07 −0.14 0.06 −0.12
n-6 PUFA        
 C18:2 n-6 (linoleic acid)b 0.19 0.41 −0.41 0.39
 C20:4 n-6 (AA)a 0.46* 0.01 −0.11 0.01
n-6/n-3a 0.46* 0.26 −0.24 0.25
AA/EPAa 0.59* 0.22 −0.32 0.23
PUFA/SFAa 0.42 0.22 −0.12 0.20

AA: arachidonic acid; CRP: C-reactive Protein; EPA: eicosapentaenoic acid; DHA: docosahexaenoic acid; ORM: orosomucoid; MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA: Polyunsaturated fatty acids; SFA: saturated fatty acids.

*P < 0.05, aPearson's correlation, bSpearman's correlation.