Table 3. Partial correlations between maternal and fetal/cord plasma fatty acids and between cord plasma fatty acids and indicators of fetal insulin sensitivity and beta-cell function^*.

Cord plasma	Maternal plasma	Cord plasma
fatty acids	fatty acids	Glucose/insulin		Proinsulin	Proinsulin/insulin
16∶0	0.18	0.02		−0.02			0.05
18∶0	0.58c	−0.20a	0.28b			0.02
20∶0	0.40c	−0.38c	0.39c			−0.09
∑ SFA	0.15	−0.15	0.22a			0.06
16∶1n-7	0.14	0.03	−0.05			0.07
18∶1n-9	−0.008	0.02	−0.11			−0.11
∑ MUFA	0.06	−0.08	0.07			−0.007
18∶2	0.14	0.19	−0.25 b			−0.01
20∶3	0.28b	−0.21a	0.16			−0.11
20∶4 (AA)	0.17	−0.03	−0.08			−0.08
22∶4	0.09	0.11	−0.02			0.07
∑ n-6 PUFA	0.14	0.17	−0.23 a			−0.04
18∶3	0.02	0.30b	−0.20a			0.10
20∶5	0.53c	0.06	−0.15			−0.08
22∶5	0.27b	0.12	−0.03			0.07
22∶6 (DHA)	0.47c	0.20a	−0.37c			−0.09
∑ n–3 PUFA	0.40c	0.24a	−0.24a			0.03
∑ n–3/∑ n-6	0.55c	0.22a	−0.23a			0.02

SFA = saturated fatty acid; MUFA = mono-unsaturated fatty acid; PUFA = polyunsaturated fatty acid; AA =  Arachidonic acid; DHA = docosahexaenoic acid.

Partial correlation coefficients adjusted for gestational age at blood sampling.

Correlation coefficients in bold, ^a P<0.05, ^b P <0.01, ^c P <0.001.