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. 2016 Mar;57(3):499–508. doi: 10.1194/jlr.P065540

TABLE 3.

Correlations of LC-PUFA levels in serum, RBCs, and fat with retinal VLC-PUFAsa

Systemic Lipids Serum RBCs Fat Retinal Lipids
Total LC-PUFAs 0.07 0.43** 0.26 Total VLC-PUFAs
Total VLC-PUFA precursors 0.30** 0.51*** 0.02 Total VLC-PUFAs
n-3 VLC-PUFA precursorsb 0.11 0.53*** 0.19* n-3 VLC-PUFAs
n-6 VLC-PUFA precursorsc 0.42*** 0.56*** 0.24 n-6 VLC-PUFAs
a

P values: *** P < 0.001; ** P < 0.01; * P < 0.05. Values are based on regression analysis.

b

n-3 VLC-PUFA precursors: 18:3n-3, 18:4n-3, 20:4n-3, 20:5n-3, 22:5n-3.

c

n-6 VLC-PUFA precursors: 18:2n-6, 18:3n-6, 20:3n-6, 20:4n-6, 22:4n-6.

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