Table 4.

Partial correlations between dairy intake and circulating 15:0 and 17:0 in strata of fiber intake^{a, b}

	Pentadecanoic acid (15:0)		Heptadecanoic acid (17:0)
	Phospholipids	Cholesteryl esters	Phospholipids	Cholesteryl esters
Total dairy
Low fiber (n = 438)	0.22 (0.13, 0.30)***	0.27 (0.18, 0.36)***	0.20 (0.11, 0.29)***	0.16 (0.07, 0.25)***
High fiber (n = 431)	0.17 (0.07, 0.26)***	0.19 (0.10, 0.28)***	0.10 (0.00, 0.19)*	0.11 (0.02, 0.20)*
Dairy fat
Low fiber (n = 438)	0.23 (0.14, 0.31)***	0.32 (0.23, 0.40)***	0.20 (0.10, 0.28)***	0.18 (0.08, 0.27)***
High fiber (n = 431)	0.18 (0.09, 0.28)***	0.22 (0.12, 0.30)***	0.09 (−0.00, 0.19)	0.09 (− 0.01, 0.18)

^*p < 0.05; ^***p < 0.001

^aSpearman’s correlation of energy-adjusted dietary intakes (g/d) with circulating 15:0 or 17:0 (% of total fatty acids), partially adjusted for age, sex, total energy intake

^b“Low fiber” referring to subsample of patients with energy-adjusted total fiber intake below median intake of total sample and “high fiber” to patients with energy-adjusted total fiber intake at median intake or higher. Median energy-adjusted total fiber intake = 21.2 g/d