Fig 1. Forest plot of the association of multifocality and elevated level of fatty acid content in breast adipose tissue.

Adipose tissue samples obtained during surgery from 23 patients with breast cancer were analyzed for fatty acid composition. X-axis shows relative increase in risk of multifocality expressed as odds ratio. Y-axis denotes different fatty acids. 14:0, 16:0 and 18:0 are the main saturated fatty acids, 16:1n-7, 18:1n-9 are the two main cis-monounsaturates,18:2 is the main n-6 polyunsaturate, PUFA n-6 include 18:2, 18:3 n-6, 20:2, 20:3, 20:4 and 22:6 n-6 polyunsaturates; LC-PUFAn3 include 20:5n3 and 22:6n-3, the two main long chain n-3 polyunsaturates, and 22:5 n-3, and PUFA is the sum of all individualized polyunsaturates. Analytic results are expressed with 95% confidence intervals.