Table 3.

Relationship between the difference in change for fatty acid composition in serum cholesterol esters (CE-FA) and blood lipoproteins after 6 weeks in the control diet and Nordic diet groups combined (n=86)

	LDL-C		HDL-C		LDL-C/HDL-C ratio		ApoA1		ApoB		ApoB/A1 ratio
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
CE-SFA
14:0	0.557	<0.01	0.413	<0.01	0.287	<0.01	0.594	<0.01	0.620	<0.01	0.162	n.s.
15:0	0.282	<0.01	0.169	n.s.	0.179	n.s.	0.191	n.s.	0.283	<0.01	0.056	n.s.
18:0	0.286	<0.01	0.036	n.s.	0.318	<0.01	0.137	n.s.	0.311	<0.01	0.183	n.s.
CE-PUFA
22:6n – 3	−0.346	<0.01	−0.434	<0.01	−0.015	n.s.	−0.573	<0.01	−0.355	<0.01	0.098	n.s.

r=Pearson's correlation coefficient.

CE-SFA, saturated fatty acids in cholesterol esters; CE-PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids in CE.