Table 5.

Odd ratios for Hepatitis C patients and controls according to quintile of serum fatty acids

Fatty acids	Odds ratio (95 % confidence interval)
	1st Quartile	2nd Quartile	3rd Quartile	4th Quartile	5th Quartile	P value
	Reference
C – 14:0	1.00	1.8(0.4 – 9.3)	2.3(0.6 – 9.4)	2.6(0.5 – 13.4)	2.0 (0.04– 97.8)	0.0003
C - 16 : 0	1.00	1.8(0.3 – 13.5)	1.9(0.3 – 12.9)	3.4(0.6 – 20.3)	2.6(0.4 – 20.6)	0.0002
C - 18 : 0	1.00	0.3(0.06 – 1.7)	0.5(0.1 – 2.1)	0.8(0.2 – 3.3)	1.6(0.2 – 11.9)	0.21
C - 20 : 0	1.00	0.5(0.05 – 3.2)	0.9(0.02 – 35.3)	0.3(0.01 – 3.6)	1.9(0.1 – 53.4)	0.22
C - 14 : 1	1.00	0.8(0.02 – 35.8)	0.4(0.01 – 7.6)	0.4(0.01 – 7.6)	0.8(0.02 – 35.8)	0.27
C - 16 : 1	1.00	1.4(0.2 – 8.5)	2.1(0.4 – 11.1)	2.5(0.5 – 14.8)	1.4(0.2 – 8.7)	0.12
C - 18 : 1	1.00	2.7(0.4 – 18.8)	2.8(0.5 – 17.2)	1.1(0.2 – 7.9)	2.0(0.2 – 17.6)	0.411
C - 22 : 1	1.00	1.8(0.4 – 9.3)	2.5(0.6 – 11.1)	1.3(0.2 – 9.6)	2.7(0.6 – 12.2)	0.001
C - 18 : 2	1.00	0.5(0.08 – 2.3)	0.9(0.04 – 0.8)	0.2(0.04 – 0.9)	0.1(0.01 – 0.8)	0.002
C - 18 : 3	1.00	0.3(0.03 – 1.9)	0.1(0.004 - 0.8)	0.7(0.02 – 27.9)	0.4(0.01 – 5.5)	0.009
C - 20 : 4	1.00	0.8(0.1 - 4.6)	0.5(0.08 – 3.6)	0.5(0.08 – 3.3)	0.2(0.004 – 3.1)	0.008
C - 20 : 5	1.00	0.3(0.08 – 1.3)	0.2(0.008 – 1.9)	0.4(0.007 – 2.4)	0.7(0.07 – 8.0)	0.07
C - 20 : 3	1.00	0.1(0.005 – 1.0)	0.3(0.01 – 3.2)	0.8(0.02 – 31.2)	0.8(0.07 – 8.7)	0.17