TABLE 3.
Human milk fatty acid patterns from principal component analysis in the CHILD cohort (n = 1094) 1
| MUFA and low SFA | High n–6 PUFA | High n–3 PUFA | High medium-chain SFA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFA | ||||
| 10:0 (capric acid) | — | — | — | 0.45 |
| 12:0 (lauric acid) | — | — | — | 0.91 |
| 14:0 (myristic acid) | — | — | — | 0.90 |
| 16:0 (palmitic acid) | –0.83 | — | — | — |
| 17:0 (margaric acid) | –0.78 | — | — | — |
| 18:0 (stearic acid) | –0.76 | — | — | — |
| 20:0 (arachidic acid) | — | 0.66 | — | — |
| MUFA | ||||
| 16:ln–7 (palmitoleic acid) | –0.31 | — | — | — |
| 18:ln–9 (oleic acid) | 0.36 | — | — | –0.73 |
| 18:lc–11 (vaccenic acid) | — | — | — | — |
| n–3 PUFA | ||||
| 18:3n–3 (ALA) | 0.63 | — | 0.25 | — |
| 20:4n–3 (eicosatetraenoic acid) | — | 0.46 | 0.58 | — |
| 20:5n–3 (EPA) | — | — | 0.94 | — |
| 22:5n–3 (DPA) | — | 0.33 | 0.86 | — |
| 22:6n–3 (DHA) | — | — | 0.89 | — |
| n–6 PUFA | ||||
| 18:2n–6 (LA) | 0.68 | — | — | — |
| 18:3n–6 (GLA) | 0.27 | 0.59 | — | — |
| 18:2c-9, t11 (CLA) | — | 0.59 | — | — |
| 20:3n–6 (DGLA) | — | 0.87 | — | — |
| 20:4n–6 (ARA) | — | 0.49 | 0.33 | — |
| 22:4n–6 (adrenic acid) | — | 0.82 | — | — |
| Explained variance, % | 23.3 | 14.2 | 12.0 | 10.0 |
1
Values are factor loadings from principal component analysis. Only loadings >|0.20| are shown. ALA, α-linolenic acid; ARA, arachidonic acid; CLA, conjugated linoleic acid; DGLA, dihomo-γ-linoleic acid; DPA, docosapentaenoic acid; GLA, γ-linolenic acid; LA, linoleic acid.