Table 4.

Comparison of certain platelet membrane FAs between quartiles of PMA formation.

FAs@ (provided by percentage of total amount)	Median, minimum, maximum	Quartiles of percentage of PMA& formation				P value
		Q1* (n=20)	Q2$ (n=19)	Q3# (n=21)	Q4% (n=19)
C 14: 0$$	Med.	3.39	2.93	2.81	2.76	*,$p=0.204 *,#p=0.197 *,%p=0.093 $,#p=0.936 $,%p=0.822 #,%p=0.791
	Min.	1.34	1.42	0.81	1.54
	Max.	7.79	6.48	7.70	8.75
Total SFAs (C 14: 0+C 16: 0+C 18: 0)	Med.	77.45	63.57	70.64	73.04	*,$p=0.194 *,#p=0.291 *,%p=0.696 $,#p=0.872 $,%p=0.298 #,%p=0.512
	Min.	45.78	49.06	31.17	49.11
	Max.	87.77	93.00	92.59	92.46
Total MUFAs	Med.	13.33	16.91	15.40	15.16	*,$p=0.336 *,#p=0.449 *,%p=0.942 $,#p=0.649 $,%p=0.233 #,%p=0.606
	Min.	5.15	3.69	5.04	5.05
	Max.	32.99	36.57	62.80	23.83
Total PUFAs	Med.	9.51	15.30	10.63	11.47	*,$p=0.283 *,#p=0.648 *,%p=0.633 $,#p=0.555 $,%p=0.599 #,%p=0.856
	Min.	4.28	3.31	1.33	2.49
	Max.	24.84	34.97	33.89	34.22
Ratio of C 18: 3ω**3/C 20: 5ω3	Med.	2.21	3.91	4.06	4.16	*,$p=0.184 *,#p=0.055 *,%p=0.093 $,#p=0.294 $,%p=0.799 #,%p=0.587
	Min.	0.04	0.26	0.67	1.04
	Max.	49.00	50.44	83.31	17.83

SFAs – saturated fatty acids; MUFAs – monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFAs – polyunsaturated fatty acids;

^@fatty acids; & platelet-monocyte aggregates;

^*quartile 1 (Q1);

^$quartile 2 (Q2);

^#quartile 3 (Q3);

^%quartile 4 (Q4);

^$$number of carbon atoms and double bonds;

^**position of double bond between carbon atoms in the molecule.