TABLE 1.

Spearman correlation of dietary, serum and colon nutrient concentrations at baseline (n=120)^€.

Nutrient	Correlation Coefficients§
	Diet with Serum	Diet with Colon	Serum with Colon
SFA	0.04	0.20	0.08
MUFA	−0.01	−0.06	0.05
n6 fatty acids	0.06	−0.01	−0.06
n3 fatty acidsc	0.18	0.01	0.38
total carotenoids	0.18	0.07	0.26
Lutein&zeaxanthinb,c	0.04	0.01	0.34
β-cryptoxanthinb,c	0.37	0.24	0.58
α-carotenea,c	0.37	0.18	0.48
β-caroteneb,c	0.17	0.09	0.45
lycopene	0.12	0.10	0.29

^€Calculations for fatty acids (the first four variables) based on available data from 119 subjects.

^§Significantly (p < 0.01) different from zero correlations at baseline are indicated by boldface numbers.

^aThe correlation of diet with colon is significantly different than the correlation of diet with serum.

^bThe correlation of serum with diet is significantly different than the correlation of serum with colon.

^cThe correlation of colon with serum is significantly different than the correlation of colon with diet.