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. 2018 Dec 13;36(3):473–482. doi: 10.1007/s10815-018-1384-1

Table 3.

Correlation coefficients of fatty acids in follicular fluid from large follicles with the female age and fertility parameters (n = 64 women with all data)

Fatty acid Age P value Total oocytes P value MII oocytes P value Fertiliz. rate P value Total embryos P value Top-quality embryos P value AFC P value Serum E2 P value
Age − 0.515 < 0.001 − 0.519 < 0.001 − 0.357 0.005 − 0.577 < 0.001 − 0.419 < 0.001 − 0.523 < 0.001
16:0 − 0.364 0.003 − 0.333 0.009
18:0 − 0.284 0.027
20:0 0.303 0.015 − 0.333 0.011
21:0 − 0.265 0.034 0.272 0.031
23:0 0.305 0.014 − 0.278 0.032 − 0.321 0.014 − 0.298 0.023
SAT − 0.320 0.011 − 0.370 0.003
14:1n-5 − 0.283 0.039
16:1n-7cis − 0.299 0.016 0.276 0.036 0.272 0.039 0.265 0.036
18:1n-9trans − 0.400 0.001 0.277 0.035 0.322 0.014 0.310 0.013 0.349 0.006
18:1n-9cis 0.261 0.048 0.264 0.036
20:1n-9 − 0.311 0.012 0.264 0.035 0.312 0.017 0.407 0.001 0.343 0.007
24:1n-9 0.363 0.003
MUFA 0.267 0.043 0.263 0.037
18:2n-6trans − 0.390 0.001 0.339 0.007 0.257 0.045
20:2n-6 0.294 0.025 0.320 0.011 0.375 0.003
20:4n-6 − 0.271 0.034
18:3n-3 0.435 < 0.001
20:5n-3 0.437 < 0.001 − 0.308 0.013 − 0.324 0.009
22:5n-3 0.361 0.003 − 0.281 0.025 − 0.317 0.025
22:6n-3 0.586 < 0.001 − 0.432 < 0.001 − 0.433 < 0.001 − 0.314 0.015 − 0.525 < 0.001 − 0.394 0.002 − 0.339 0.007
n-3 PUFA 0.575 < 0.001 − 0.418 0.001 − 0.425 < 0.001 − 0.289 0.025 − 0.525 < 0.001 − 0.317 0.015 − 0.310 0.013
n-6/n-3 − 0.596 < 0.001 0.439 < 0.001 0.445 < 0.001 0.288 0.026 0.490 < 0.001 0.277 0.036 0.305 0.015
DBI 0.311 0.009 − 0.316 0.011 − 0.328 0.008 − 0.355 0.006 − 0.321 0.014
CL 0.315 0.011 − 0.259 0.046 − 0.355 0.006
PI 0.390 0.001 − 0.323 0.009 − 0.279 0.031 − 0.392 0.002 − 0.365 0.005 − 0.276 0.029

AFC antral follicle count, CL chain length, DBI double bond index, MUFA total monounsaturated fatty acids, PI peroxidizability index, PUFA total polyunsaturated fatty acids, SAT total saturated fatty acids