Table 2.

Erythrocyte fatty acid composition of controls, individuals with type 2 diabetes without diabetic retinopathy, and individuals with type 2 diabetes with diabetic retinopathy^a

Fatty acid category	Controls	Individuals with type 2 diabetes without retinopathy	Individuals with type 2 diabetes with retinopathy
SFAs (%)	41.83	43.99	46.61
MUFAs (%)	18.85	21.68	21.26
PUFAs (%)	37.97	31.92	29.47

SFA saturated fatty acid, MUFA monounsaturated fatty acid, PUFA poly-cis-unsaturated fatty acid

^aOriginal data listed by Koehrer et al. [39]