Table 4.

Comparative overview of the different fatty acid ratios according to different authors [6, 11]

Ratio	Control (n = 16) Mean ± SD	Case (n = 85) Mean ± SD
“∆9 desaturase” [11] (C18:1/C18:0)	0.938b ± 0.616	4.03a ± 1.47
“n6- pathway” [11] (C20:4/C18:2)	0.300a ± 0.056	0.082b ± 0.118
“n3- pathway” [11] (C20:5 + C22:6/C18:3)	7.99a ± 11.4	0.692b ± 3.26
Ratio n6/n3 [11] (C18:2 + C20:2 + C20:3 + C20:4/C18:3 + C20:5 + C22:6)	17.3a ± 8.34	18.8a ± 6.25
Ratio C18:0/C16:0 [6]	0.913a ± 0.152	0.311b ± 0.165
Ratio C16:1n7/C16:0 [6]	0.090b ± 0.071	0.165a ± 0.066
Ratio C18:1n9/C16:0 [6]	0.938b ± 0.616	4.03a ± 1.47
Ratio n6/n3 [6] (C18:2n6 + C20:3n6 + C20:4n6/C18:3n3 + C22:6n3)	23.5a ± 12.5	20.1a ± 7.30

^a,bValues within a row concerning object of investigation with different superscripts differ significantly at P < 0.05