Table 2.

Baseline lipid profiles and nutritional exposures in youth with Type 1 Diabetes

Characteristic/Measure	Total N	Mean ± SD or N (%)
Nutritional Exposures
Plasma Phospholipid Fatty Acids (weight %)
Linoleic Acid (18:2n-6)	914	25.5 (2.7)
Di-homo-gamma-linoleic acid (20:3n-6)	914	3.1 (0.7)
Arachidonic Acid (20:4n-6)	914	13.1 (1.9)
Alpha-linolenic Acid (18:3n-3)	914	0.2 (0.1)
Eicosapentanoic Acid (20:5n-3)	914	0.4 (0.3)
Docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3)	914	2.4 (0.8)
Estimated Desaturase Activities
Delta-5 desaturase (20:4n-6/20:3n-6)	913	4.5 (1.3)
Delta-6 desaturase (20:3n-6/18:2n-6)	913	0.1 (0.03)
Lipid Profile (mg/dl)	914
Triglycerides		63.1 (34.7)
Total cholesterol		162.1 (31.1)
LDL-cholesterol		95.2 (25.5)
HDL-cholesterol		54.3 (12.5)
Triglyceride/HDL-cholesterol ratio		1.3 (0.9)