Table 7.
Analysis of the correlation between high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol 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) | 0.560 * | 0.1253 | 0.540 * | 0.0972 |
| Fat (% of energy value) | 0.912 * | 0.0239 | 0.626 * | 0.0775 |
| SFA (g) | 0.230 | −0.2544 | 0.179 | −0.2116 |
| SFA (% of energy value) | 0.204 * | −0.2689 | 0.509 * | 0.1047 |
| MUFA (g) | 0.240 * | 0.2493 | 0.729 * | 0.0552 |
| MUFA (% of energy value) | 0.722 * | 0.0766 | 0.790 * | 0.0424 |
| PUFA (g) | 0.060 * | 0.3889 | 0.072 * | 0.2807 |
| PUFA (% of energy value) | 0.214 * | 0.2632 | 0.049 * | 0.3056 |
| Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA—18:3) ** | 0.293 * | 0.2236 | 0.625 * | 0.1077 |
| Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA—20:5) ** | 0.180 * | 0.2831 | 0.273 * | 0.2387 |
| Docosahexaenoic (DHA—22:6) ** | 0.259 * | 0.2397 | 0.353 * | 0.2031 |
| Total n-6 PUFA (g) *** | 0.067 * | 0.3802 | 0.530 * | 0.1379 |
| Cholesterol (mg) | 0.672 | −0.0910 | 0.773 | 0.0459 |
| PUFA/SFA (–) | 0.085 * | 0.3589 | 0.640 * | 0.0740 |
| Trans fatty acids (g) | 0.452 | 0.1610 | 0.831 | 0.0339 |
* 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.