Table 5.
Analysis of the correlation between total cholesterol (TC) blood level and dietary fat intake in overweight women, stratified by age.
| Dietary Intake | Age < 40 Years | Age ≥ 40 Years | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| p | R | p | R | |
| Fat (g) | 0.944 * | −0.0152 | 0.538 * | 0.0979 |
| Fat (% of energy value) | 0.989 * | −0.0030 | 0.626 * | 0.0775 |
| SFA (g) | 0.655 | −0.0962 | 0.436 | 0.1234 |
| SFA (% of energy value) | 0.515 * | −0.1396 | 0.509 * | 0.1047 |
| MUFA (g) | 0.715 * | 0.0787 | 0.729 * | 0.0552 |
| MUFA (% of energy value) | 0.963 * | −0.0100 | 0.790 * | 0.0423 |
| PUFA (g) | 0.765 * | 0.0643 | 0.209 * | 0.1978 |
| PUFA (% of energy value) | 0.963 * | −0.0100 | 0.248 * | 0.1822 |
| Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA—18:3) ** | 0.773 * | 0.0621 | 0.113 * | −0.3390 |
| Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA—20:5) ** | 0.590 * | 0.1158 | 0.774 * | −0.0633 |
| Docosahexaenoic (DHA—22:6) ** | 0.248 * | 0.2453 | 0.868 * | 0.0366 |
| Total n-6 PUFA (g) *** | 0.878 * | 0.0331 | 0.778 | 0.0623 |
| Cholesterol (mg) | 0.323 | −0.2105 | 0.746 | 0.0514 |
| PUFA/SFA (–) | 0.761 * | 0.0657 | 0.640 * | 0.0744 |
| Trans fatty acids (g) | 0.378 | 0.1882 | 0.878 | 0.0243 |
* in the case of the distribution different than normal (verified using Shapiro-Wilk test—p ≤ 0.05), the Spearman’s rank correlation was applied (for the normal distribution—the Pearson correlation was applied); ** n-3 PUFA: Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA—18:3), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA—20:5), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA—22:6); *** total n-6 PUFA calculated as a sum of linoleic acid (LA—18:2), gamma-linolenic acid (GLA—18:3) and arachidonic acid (ARA—20:4); SFA—saturated fatty acids; MUFA—monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA—polyunsaturated fatty acids.