Correction to: Plasma fatty acid levels and gene expression related to lipid metabolism in peripheral blood mononuclear cells: a cross-sectional study in healthy subjects

Correction

Unfortunately, after publication of this article [1], it was noticed that some corrections to Table 2 were not carried out. The corrected Table 2 can be seen below and the original article has also been updated to reflect this.

Table 2.

Characteristics and plasma fatty acid profile of subjects in the highest and lowest tertiles

	n-6 level			n-3 level			SFA/PUFA ratio
	Highest tertile	Lowest tertile	P	Highest tertile	Lowest tertile	P	Highest tertile	Lowest tertile	P
	(n 18)	(n 18)		(n 18)	(n 18)		(n 18)	(n 18)
Male/female	5/13	5/13		3/15	5/13		5/13	6/12
Age (years)	25 (23–33)	25 (21–29)	0.31	25 (21–31)	24 (21–28)	0.80	25 (22–29)	28 (23.0–32.8)	0.38
BMI (kg/m2)	22.5 ± 2.9	22.6 ± 2.6	0.94	22.2 ± 2	22.7 ± 3.3	0.57	23.3 ± 2.7	22.6 ± 2.6	0.41
Total-C (mmol/l)	4.9 ± 0.9	4.7 ± 1.1	0.65	4.9 ± 1	4.9 ± 1	0.96	4.7 ± 0.8	5.0 ± 0.9	0.25
LDL-C (mmol/l)	2.7 ± 0.8	2.6 ± 0.9	0.79	2.6 ± 0.9	2.8 ± 0.6	0.71	2.5 ± 0.6	2.8 ± 0.9	0.16
HDL-C (mmol/l)	1.6 ± 0.4	1.4 ± 0.3	0.15	1.6 ± 0.3	1.4 ± 0.4	0.28	1.5 ± 0.4	1.6 ± 0.3	0.74
TG (mmol/l)	0.8 (0.6–0.9)	1.2 (0.9–1.7)	0.01	0.8 (0.6–1.1)	1.0 (0.7–1.2)	0.30	1.1 (0.8–1.6)	0.8 (0.6–0.9)	0.01
Lymphocytes (%)	38.4 ± 6.8	43.0 ± 8.5	0.08	42.2 ± 10.0	37.6 ± 4	0.09	42.1 ± 8.7	37.4 ± 8.4	0.11
Monocytes (%)	8.5 ± 1.8	8.1 ± 1.9	0.49	8.1 ± 1.7	8.6 ± 2.3	0.42	8.8 ± 2.2	8.48 ± 2.0	0.71
Plasma level of fatty (wt%)
Total SFA	29.4 (28.8–30.5)	32.1 (31.1–33.2)	< 0.01	30.7 (29.3–32.3)	30.8 (29.8–31.8)	0.78	32.6 (31.5–33.2)	29.1 (28.7–29.5)	< 0.01
Myristic acid (14:0)	0.6 (0.6–1.0)	1.0 (0.8–1.2)	< 0.01	0.8 (0.6–1.1)	0.9 (0.7–1.1)	0.57	1.1 (0.9–1.2)	0.6 (0.6–0.9)	< 0.01
Palmitic acid (16:0)	20.5 (20.2–21.6)	23.4 (21.4–24.2)	< 0.01	20.9 (20.4–23.7)	21.5 (20.9–22.6)	0.39	23.9 (21.8–24.5)	20.4 (20.2–20.7)	< 0.01
Stearic acid (18:0)	8.1 ± 0.7	8.1 ± 1.1	0.86	8.2 ± 1.1	8.0 ± 1.0	0.65	8.0 ± 1.1	7.7 ± 0.8	0.37
Total n-6	38.6 ± 1.3	30.3 ± 2.9	< 0.01	31.0 ± 4.0	31.5 ± 4.5	0.74	30.8 ± 3.4	38.0 ± 2.0	< 0.01
LA (18:2n-6)	32.3 ± 1.6	24.9 ± 2.5	< 0.01	27.8 ± 3.8	29.2 ± 4.1	0.29	24.8 ± 2.5	31.8 ± 2.1	< 0.01
AA (20:4n-6)	6.2 ± 1.1	5.4 ± 0.9	0.02	5.8 ± 0.7	6.2 ± 1.2	0.32	5.9 ± 1.3	6.2 ± 1. 1	0.58
Total n-3	5.8 ± 2.5	7.0 ± 2.3	0.12	9.0 ± 0.9	3.6 ± 0.49	< 0.01	6.1 ± 2.5	6.8 ± 2.4	0.44
ALA (18:3n- 3)	0.5 (0.5–0.6)	0.5 (0.4–0.6)	0.46	0.5 (0.5–0.6)	0.5 (0.5–0.6)	0.79	0.5 (0.5–0.6)	0.5 (0.5–0.5)	0.95
EPA (20:5n-3)	1.7 (0.6–2.3)	2.4 (1.8–2.9)	0.14	3.2 (2.8–3.7)	0.6 (0.5–0.6)	< 0.01	2.0 (0.7–2.6)	2.2 (1.3–3.2)	0.46
DPA (22:5n-3)	0.6 ± 0.1	0.7 ± 0.2	0.26	0.8 ± 0.1	0.5 ± 0.1	< 0.01	0.6 ± 0.2	0.6 ± 0.1	0.80
DHA (22:6n-3)	3.0 (1.9–4.1)	4.0 (3.1–4.1)	0.14	4.3 (4.1–4.7)	1.9 (1.8–2.1)	< 0.01	3.5 (2.0–4.1)	3.3 (2.8–4.3)	0.48
Total PUFA	43.8 (42.1–47.3)	38.6 (35.8–39.7)	< 0.01	42.2 (39.5–46.7)	40.4 (37.7–41.5)	0.05	37.8 (35.8–39.1)	44.6 (43.1–47.3)	< 0.01
SFA to PUFA ratio	0.7 (0.6–0.7)	0.8 (0.8–0.9)	< 0.01	0.7 (0.6–0.8)	0.8 (0.7–0.8)	0.13	0.9 (0.8–0.9)	0.7 (0.6–0.7)	< 0.01

Lymphocytes and monocytes are given as percentage of total white cell count. Differences between tertiles were analyzed using the independent samples t test when normally distributed or the Mann-Whitney U test when not normally distributed. P values < 0.05 were considered significant. Values are presented as mean ± SD or medians and 25th–75th percentile

BMI body mass index, Total-C total cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG triglycerides, SFA saturated fatty acid, LA linoleic acid, AA arachidonic acid, ALA alpha-linolenic acid, EPA eicosapentaenoic acid, DPA docosapentaenoic acid, DHA docosahexaenoic acid, PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acid