Table 5. Correlations between changes in metabolic parameters and fatty acid ratios in serum phospholipids.

	ΔC20:5(n-3)/C20:4(n-6)		ΔC22:6(n-3)/C20:4(n-6)		Δ(C20:5(n-3)+C22:6(n-3))/C20:4(n-6)		ΔC20:4(n-6)/C20:3(n-6)
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
ΔBody weight (kg)	−0.147	0.415	−0.293	0.099	−0.179	0.320	−0.618	< 0.001
ΔBody Mass Index (kg/m2)	−0.146	0.418	−0.296	0.094	−0.179	0.318	−0.600	< 0.001
ΔSBP (mmHg)	−0.086	0.636	−0.061	0.736	−0.062	0.732	−0.305	0.084
ΔDBP (mmHg)	−0.055	0.762	0.005	0.978	−0.025	0.890	−0.264	0.138
ΔTC (mg/dL)	0.111	0.537	0.108	0.551	0.154	0.392	−0.426	0.013
ΔLDL-C (mg/dL)	−0.020	0.914	0.060	0.742	0.065	0.721	−0.434	0.012
Δnon-HDL-C (mg/dL)	0.181	0.314	0.202	0.259	0.250	0.160	−0.517	0.002
ΔHDL-C (mg/dL)	0.025	0.888	−0.120	0.504	−0.068	0.706	0.058	0.749
ΔTriglyceride (mg/dL)	−0.055	0.761	0.119	0.510	0.028	0.876	−0.360	0.040
ΔGlucose (mg/dL)	0.003	0.989	−0.068	0.707	−0.022	0.904	−0.098	0.589
ΔInsulin (µU/mL)	0.037	0.836	0.037	0.836	0.044	0.807	−0.367	0.036

n = 33

r: Spearman correlation coefficients, p: P value with two-sided tests

SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure

TC: total cholesterol, LDL-C: LDL-cholesterol, non-HDL-C: non-HDL-cholesterol, HDL-C: HDL-cholesterol