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. 2019 Jun 10;42(8):1406–1413. doi: 10.2337/dc19-0412

Table 2.

Spearman correlations among specific dietary fats at baseline, midpoint, and end of follow-up

	n-6 PUFAs	LA	AA	n-6 PUFAs	LA	AA	n-6 PUFAs	LA	AA
	NHS, 1980			NHSII, 1991			HPFS, 1986
% Energy, mean ± SD	4.37 ± 1.54	4.28 ± 1.54	0.09 ± 0.03	4.92 ± 1.34	4.84 ± 1.34	0.08 ± 0.04	5.31 ± 1.58	5.23 ± 1.58	0.08 ± 0.03
n-3 PUFAs	0.28^*	0.28^*	0.31^*	0.58^*	0.57^*	0.26^*	0.47^*	0.46^*	0.32^*
SFAs	0.003	<0.001	0.18^*	0.23^*	0.24^*	−0.02^*	0.18^*	0.18^*	0.06^*
Trans fats	0.60^*	0.60^*	−0.06^*	0.34^*	0.35^*	−0.09^*	0.29^*	0.29^*	−0.09^*
MUFAs	0.29^*	0.29^*	0.31^*	0.53^*	0.53^*	0.06^*	0.52^*	0.52^*	0.15^*

	NHS, 1994			NHSII, 1999			HPFS, 1998
% Energy, mean ± SD	4.77 ± 1.42	4.70 ± 1.41	0.07 ± 0.03	5.55 ± 1.62	5.49 ± 1.62	0.06 ± 0.03	5.46 ± 1.53	5.39 ± 1.52	0.07 ± 0.03
n-3 PUFAs	0.47^*	0.47^*	0.22^*	0.67^*	0.67^*	0.21^*	0.44^*	0.44^*	0.25^*
SFAs	0.27^*	0.27^*	0.17^*	0.34^*	0.33^*	0.22^*	0.31^*	0.31^*	0.14^*
Trans fats	0.34^*	0.34^*	0.02^*	0.30^*	0.29^*	0.13^*	0.31^*	0.32^*	−0.004
MUFAs	0.52^*	0.51^*	0.20^*	0.53^*	0.53^*	0.25^*	0.55^*	0.55^*	0.16^*

	NHS, 2010			NHSII, 2011			HPFS, 2010
% Energy, mean ± SD	6.44 ± 2.04	6.36 ± 2.03	0.08 ± 0.04	6.76 ± 1.85	6.67 ± 1.85	0.09 ± 0.05	6.28 ± 1.95	6.19 ± 1.95	0.09 ± 0.05
n-3 PUFAs	0.65^*	0.64^*	0.34^*	0.55^*	0.54^*	0.31^*	0.60^*	0.59^*	0.42^*
SFAs	0.12^*	0.12^*	−0.05^*	0.11^*	0.11^*	−0.03^*	0.19^*	0.19^*	0.001
Trans fats	−0.16^*	−0.15^*	−0.18^*	0.05^*	0.05^*	−0.08^*	−0.21^*	−0.20^*	−0.22^*
MUFAs	0.46^*	0.46^*	0.14^*	0.56^*	0.56^*	0.16^*	0.51^*	0.51^*	0.12^*

*P < 0.001.