Table 4.

Correlations of serum fatty acids with anthropometric measurements and blood lipids for all women. R = Pearson correlation coefficient. Significant correlations (p < 0.05) are displayed in bold.

		BMI	Systolic BP	Diastolic BP	Waist	Hip	Body Fat %	HDL	LDL	TG
		n = 221	n = 220	n = 220	n = 218	n = 218	n = 85	n = 221	n = 221	n = 220
ω-3 PUFAs
ALA (18:3n3)	R	0.109	−0.013	−0.033	0.114	0.072	0.120	−0.325	0.170	0.385
	P	0.106	0.850	0.629	0.092	0.291	0.275	<0.001	0.011	<0.001
EPA (20:5n3)	R	−0.045	0.075	0.062	−0.080	−0.075	−0.019	0.161	<0.001	−0.179
	P	0.506	0.269	0.356	0.239	0.270	0.860	0.016	0.998	0.008
DPA (22:5n3)	R	−0.101	−0.034	−0.022	−0.117	−0.098	−0.146	0.161	−0.043	−0.059
	P	0.134	0.620	0.743	0.085	0.149	0.181	0.017	0.527	0.386
DHA (22:6n3)	R	−0.196	−0.059	−0.040	−0.180	−0.221	−0.162	0.306	−0.126	−0.275
	P	0.003	0.384	0.556	0.008	0.001	0.138	<0.001	0.061	<0.001
ω-6 PUFAs
LA (18:2n6)	R	−0.265	−0.163	−0.184	−0.202	−0.184	−0.247	0.232	−0.060	−0.549
	P	<0.001	0.016	0.006	0.003	0.006	0.023	0.001	0.376	<0.001
GLA (18:3n6)	R	0.208	0.065	0.094	0.075	0.150	0.394	−0.063	0.208	0.049
	P	0.002	0.334	0.166	0.273	0.027	<0.001	0.351	0.002	0.473
DGLA (20:3n6)	R	0.223	0.076	0.052	0.209	0.216	0.289	−0.080	0.161	−0.035
	P	0.001	0.261	0.447	0.002	0.001	0.007	0.235	0.017	0.603
AA (20:4n6)	R	−0.019	0.054	0.048	−0.092	−0.004	−0.127	0.260	−0.120	−0.373
	P	0.781	0.428	0.481	0.178	0.958	0.245	<0.001	0.076	<0.001
MUFAs
POA (16:1n7)	R	0.305	0.125	0.160	0.204	0.266	0.400	−0.176	0.206	0.511
	P	<0.001	0.063	0.017	0.002	<0.001	<0.001	0.009	0.002	<0.001
Vaccenic acid (18:1n7)	R	0.104	0.034	0.078	0.009	0.085	0.078	−0.207	−0.008	0.335
	P	0.124	0.618	0.246	0.891	0.213	0.480	0.002	0.907	<0.001
Oleic acid (18:1n9)	R	0.228	0.115	0.150	0.214	0.205	0.246	−0.390	0.171	0.604
	P	0.001	0.090	0.026	0.001	0.002	0.023	<0.001	0.011	<0.001
Saturated FAs
Myristic acid (14:0)	R	0.130	0.030	0.043	0.161	0.057	0.154	−0.210	0.143	0.407
	P	0.053	0.661	0.523	0.017	0.405	0.158	0.002	0.034	<0.001
Palmitic acid (16:0)	R	0.128	0.089	0.057	0.138	0.047	0.116	−0.149	−0.041	0.435
	P	0.058	0.186	0.397	0.042	0.493	0.290	0.027	0.541	<0.001
Stearic acid (18:0)	R	−0.093	−0.075	−0.050	−0.123	−0.099	−0.111	0.266	−0.245	−0.379
	P	0.167	0.270	0.461	0.069	0.144	0.313	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Desaturases
D6D	R	0.308	0.144	0.132	0.262	0.262	0.347	−0.174	0.174	0.235
	P	<0.001	0.033	0.051	<0.001	<0.001	0.001	0.010	0.010	<0.001
D5D	R	−0.195	−0.037	−0.027	−0.222	−0.176	−0.264	0.226	−0.215	−0.209
	P	0.004	0.583	0.695	0.001	0.009	0.015	0.001	0.001	0.002
SCD	R	0.316	0.120	0.169	0.198	0.286	0.441	−0.168	0.245	0.455
	P	<0.001	0.075	0.012	0.003	<0.001	<0.001	0.012	<0.001	<0.001
D9D	R	0.192	0.108	0.101	0.213	0.182	0.227	−0.400	0.229	0.655
	P	0.004	0.112	0.134	0.002	0.007	0.037	<0.001	0.001	<0.001

AA, arachidonic acid; ALA, α-linolenic acid; BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; D5D, delta-5 desaturase; D6D, delta-6 desaturase; D9D, delta-9 desaturase; DGLA, dihomo-γ-linolenic acid; DPA, docosapentaenoic acid; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; GLA, γ-linolenic acid; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LA, linoleic acid; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; POA, palmitoleic acid; SCD, stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturase; TG, triglycerides.