Table 4.

Correlation between fatty acids within meat products and between fatty acids within dairy products in 35,767 participants from the EPIC-NL cohort, adjusted for sex and age at recruitment

Dairy	Total fat	SFA	MUFA	PUFA
Total fat	1
SFA	1.00	1
MUFA	0.99	0.98	1
PUFA	0.83	0.79	0.85	1

Meat	Total fat	SFA	MUFA	PUFA
Total fat	1
SFA	1.00	1
MUFA	1.00	1.00	1
PUFA	0.96	0.94	0.95	1

Data are Pearson’s rho correlation coefficients (Ῥ) for correlation of FA expressed as % of total energy intake within whole food, adjusted for sex and age at recruitment. All P values are < 0.001

EPIC-NL European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Netherlands, SFA saturated fatty acids, MUFA mono-unsaturated fatty acids, PUFA poly-unsaturated fatty acids