Table 8.
Analysis of the correlation between total cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol blood ratio (TC/HDL) and dietary fat intake in overweight women, stratified by age.
| Dietary Intake | Age < 40 Years | Age ≥ 40 Years | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| p | R | p | R | |
| Fat (g) | 0.765 * | –0.0640 | 0.577 * | –0.0886 |
| Fat (% of energy value) | 0.913 * | –0.0230 | 0.213 * | –0.196 |
| SFA (g) | 0.590 | 0.1156 | 0.147 | 0.2276 |
| SFA (% of energy value) | 0.525 * | 0.1365 | 0.350 * | 0.1480 |
| MUFA (g) | 0.565 * | –0.1235 | 0.189 * | –0.2065 |
| MUFA (% of energy value) | 0.885 * | –0.0313 | 0.072 * | –0.3806 |
| PUFA (g) | 0.159 * | 0.2965 | 0.229 * | –0.1899 |
| PUFA (% of energy value) | 0.250 * | 0.2443 | 0.130 * | –0.2372 |
| Alpha-linolenic acid (ALA—18:3) ** | 0.384 * | –0.1861 | 0.188 * | –0.2846 |
| Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA—20:5) ** | 0.566 * | –0.1232 | 0.356 * | –0.2018 |
| Docosahexaenoic (DHA—22:6) ** | 0.878 * | 0.0330 | 0.553 * | –0.1304 |
| Total n-6 PUFA (g) *** | 0.175 * | –0.2861 | 0.541 * | –0.1344 |
| Cholesterol (mg) | 0.916 | –0.0228 | 0.980 | –0.0041 |
| PUFA/SFA (–) | 0.198 * | –0.2740 | 0.017 * | –0.3680 |
| Trans fatty acids (g) | 0.320 | 0.2120 | 0.633 | 0.0758 |
* 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.