Table 8.

Unsaturated acylcarnitine levels stratified by sex and OCs use

	Men (n=41)	Women (n=43)	Women OCs (n=26)
C5:1 (μM)	0.04 (0.03-0.07)	0.03 (0.01-0.06)	0.03 (0.02-0.08)
C6:1 (μM)	0.2 (0.09-0.4)	0.1 (0.07-0.4)	0.2 (0.1-0.5)
C8:1 (μM)	0.14 (0.07-0.5)	0.11 (0.05-0.3)	0.15 (0.09-0.4)
C10:1 (μM)	0.2 (0.1-0.5)	0.2 (0.04-0.5)	0.2 (0.1-0.3)
C10:2 (μM)	0.07 (0.03-0.2)	0.05 (0.02-0.1)	0.09 (0.03-0.2)
C12:1 (μM)	0.09 (0.04-0.2)	0.09 (0.03-0.2)	0.09 (0.05-0.2)
C14:1 (μM)	0.10 (0.03-0.2)	0.09 (0.02-0.3)	0.07 (0.01-0.2)
C14:2 (μM)	0.09 (0.05-0.2)	0.07 (0.03-0.1)	0.08 (0.05-0.2)
C16:1 (μM)	0.05±0.01	0.04±0.01	0.05±0.02
C18:1 (μM)	0.16±0.06	0.15±0.05	0.14±0.05
C18:2 (μM)	0.08±0.03	0.06±0.02	0.06±0.02

Values are expressed as the mean±standard deviation or as the median (range). n=number of subjects.