TABLE 2.

Correlations between cumulative average plasma circulating fatty acids by time period¹

	Percentage of total fatty acids
	15:0			17:0			trans-16:1n–7
	1992	1998	2005	1992	1998	2005	1992	1998	2005
15:0
1992	—	0.93	0.83	0.57	0.54	0.49	0.63	0.59	0.53
1998	—	—	0.96	0.53	0.56	0.54	0.59	0.63	0.59
2005	—	—	—	0.47	0.53	0.54	0.53	0.6	0.61
17:0
1992	—	—	—	—	0.94	0.86	0.66	0.62	0.56
1998	—	—	—	—	—	0.96	0.62	0.66	0.62
2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.58	0.64	0.64
trans-16:1n–7
1992	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.92	0.84
1998	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.96

¹Values were estimated by using partial Spearman correlation analysis adjusting for age, sex, and race. n = 2907. All correlations are significant (P < 0.0001).