Table 7.

Saturated Acylcarnitine levels stratified by sex and OCs use

	Men (n=41)	Women (n=43)	Women OCs (n=26)
C2 (μM)	9.8±2.9	12.6±3.6	9.5±3.6b
C3 (μM)	0.5±0.2	0.5±0.2	0.4±0.1
C4 (μM)	0.2 (0.1-1.0)	0.2 (0.1-0.8)	0.3 (0.1-0.8)
C5 (μM)	0.1 (0.07-0.3)	0.09 (0.05-0.3)	0.09 (0.06-0.2)
C6 (μM)	0.06±0.02	0.06±0.02	0.05±0.01
C8 (μM)	0.2 (0.1-0.6)	0.3 (0.07-0.7)	0.2 (0.1-0.4)
C10 (μM)	0.3 (0.09-1.1)	0.3 (0.03-1.2)	0.3 (0.1-0.5)
C12 (μM)	0.09 (0.04-0.2)	0.1 (0.02-0.3)	0.07 (0.03-0.2)
C14 (μM)	0.06 (0.03-0.1)	0.05 (0.03-0.1)	0.05 (0.03-0.2)
C16 (μM)	0.2 (0.08-0.3)	0.1 (0.06-0.2)	0.1 (0.06-0.2)
C18 (μM)	0.08(0.04-0.1)	0.07 (0.03-0.1)	0.06 (0.03-0.1)

Values are expressed as the mean±standard deviation or as the median (range). n=number of subjects. Superscript letters represent statistical significance:

^bWomen vs. Women OCs.