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. 2016 Dec 14;11(12):e0168188. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168188

Table 4. Elderly women-related oxylipins.

Compound Δ Precursor Pathway Tendency Ratio P Q Effect
9-HOTrE ω3 ALA 5-LOX EW>EM 2.2 * $ Unknown
EW>YW 0.3 ** $
9-HODE ω6 LA 5-LOX EW>EM 2.1 ** $ Oxidative stress marker
9-KODE ω6 LA 5-LOX EW>EM 2.7 ** $ Oxidative stress marker
2,3-d-8-i-PGF ω6 AA - EW>EM 2.2 ** $ Oxidative stress marker

2,3-d-8-i-PGF 2,3-dinor-8-iso- PGF.

Δ: the first double bond.

-: non-enzymatic.

EW: elderly women.

EM: elderly men.

Ratio represents the median ratio of elderly women to elderly men.

ALA: linolenic acid.

*p< 0.05,

**p< 0.01 by the Mann-Whitney U-test.

$q<0.05 by Benjamini-Hochberg procedure for FDR.