Table 3.

Correlation coefficient between serum fatty acids, serum lipids concentration and age

	T-CHO		TG	p	LDL-C		HDL-C		Age		BMI	p
	CC	p	CC		CC	p	CC	p	CC	p	CC
Age	−0.1998P	0.0057	− 0.1921	0.0079	− 0.0322P	ns	−0.1229	ns
BMI	−0.0914	ns	0.1917	< 0.01	−0.0668	ns	−0.2742	< 0.001	−0.2139	< 0.01
Saturated Fatty Acids
Concentration (μg/ml)
LaA (C12:0)	0.2622	0.0003	0.5601	< 0.0001	0.1327	ns	−0.0102	ns	− 0.1301	ns	0.0677	ns
MyA (C14:0)	0.2896	< 0.0001	0.6532	< 0.0001	0.1107	ns	−0.002	ns	− 0.1290	ns	0.0828	ns
PA (C16:0) (MD, IQR)	0.4785	< 0.0001	0.6864	< 0.0001	0.1973	0.0064	0.1404	ns	− 0.2543	4E-04	0.1255	ns
StA (C18:0)	0.5655	< 0.0001	0.4816	< 0.0001	0.2884	< 0.0001	0.3454	< 0.0001	−0.2854	< 0.0001	0.0545	ns
(C12:0) + (C14:0) + (C16:0) + (C18:0)	0.5081	< 0.0001	0.6705	< 0.0001	0.218	0.0025	0.1927	0.0077	−0.2646	2E-04	0.1136	ns
Composition (%)
LaA (C12:0)	0.1222	ns	0.4638	< 0.0001	0.0369	ns	−0.0648	ns	− 0.0757	ns	0.0689	ns
MyA (C14:0)	0.0872	ns	0.5203	< 0.0001	−0..0141	ns	−0.1013	ns	−0.187	ns	0.0593	ns
PA (C16:0)	−0.0922P	ns	0.3202	< 0.0001	−0.1631P	0.0245	−0.1917	0.008	−0.0127P	ns	0.1436	< 0.05
StA (C18:0)	0.1228P	ns	−0.2581	0.0003	−0.153P	0.0351	0.3434	< 0.0001	−0.0012P	ns	−0.0569	ns
n-9 Monounsaturated Fatty Acid
Concentration (μg/ml)
OlA (C18:1)	0.3245	< 0.0001	0.7661	< 0.0001	0.092	ns	−0.0331	ns	− 0.3161	< 0.0001	0.1873	< 0.01
Composition (%)
OlA (C18:1)	−0.1742P	0.0162	0.5635	< 0.0001	−0.2482P	0.0006	−0.4201	< 0.0001	−0.2296P	0.001	0.2003	< 0.01
n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
Concentration (μg/ml)
LiA (C18:2)	0.5459	< 0.0001	0.5088	< 0.0001	0.3348	< 0.0001	0.2103	0.0036	−0.3247	< 0.0001	0.0708	ns
DGLA (C20:3)	0.4914	< 0.0001	0.3716	< 0.0001	0.3294	< 0.0001	0.1892	0.0089	−0.3069	< 0.0001	0.0579	ns
AA (C20:4)	0.6393	< 0.0001	0.1561	0.0315	0.4343	< 0.0001	0.4003	< 0.0001	− 0.2295	0.001	− 0.0400	ns
(C18:2) + (C20:3) + (C20:4)	0.6259	< 0.0001	0.4824	< 0.0001	0.3859	< 0.0001	0.2789	< 0.0001	−0.3422	< 0.0001	0.0540	ns
Composition (%)
LiA (C18:2)	0.1421P	ns	−0.1488	0.0405	0.1592p	0.0282	0.1023	ns	0.0933p	ns	−0.0329	ns
DGLA (C20:3)	0.1874P	0.0096	−0.0154	ns	0.1779P	0.014	0.1323	ns	−0.1514P	0.037	0.0066	ns
AA (C20:4)	0.1300P	ns	−0.4858	< 0.0001	0.1475P	0.0423	0.2975	< 0.0001	0.0589P	ns	−0.1795	< 0.05
n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
Concentration (μg/ml)
AlA (C18:3)	0.2221	0.0021	0.6345	< 0.0001	0.0813	ns	−0.039	ns	−0.2146	0.003	0.0750	ns
EPA (C20:5)	0.155	0.0327	−0.0043	ns	0.1439	0.0476	0.1443	0.0471	0.1094	ns	−0.0071	ns
DHA (C22:6)	0.2727P	0.0001	0.1844	0.0109	0.1973P	0.0064	0.1329	ns	0.1089P	ns	−0.0822	ns
(C18:3) + (C20:5) + (C22:6)	0.2516	0.0005	0.1919	0.008	0.1735	0.0167	0.1331	ns	0.0571	ns	−0.0296	ns
Composition (%)
AlA (C18:3)	0.0016	ns	0.4610	< 0.0001	−0.0506	ns	−0.1434	0.0484	−0.1117	ns	0.0157	ns
EPA (C20:5)	−0.0639	ns	−0.2598	0.0003	0.0219	ns	0.0629	ns	0.2350	0.001	−0.0248	ns
DHA (C22:6)	−0.1204P	ns	−0.2505	0.0005	0.0234P	ns	0.0084	ns	0.3400P	< 0.0001	−0.1455	< 0.05
EPA / AA ratio	−0.1367	ns	−0.0847	ns	−0.0554	ns	−0.0419	ns	0.2094	0.004	0.0082	ns
n-6 / n-3 ratio	0.1498	0.0392	0.1226	ns	0.0773	ns	0.0251	ns	−0.2497	5E-04	0.0456	ns

m Mean, SD Standard deviation, MD Median, IQR Interquartile range, % Weight percent of fatty acids, p Probability, BMI Body Mass Index, T-CHO Total cholesterol, TG Triglyceride, LDL-C Low density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C High density lipoprotein cholesterol, CC Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient except superscript “P”, Superscript “P” meaning Pearson’s correlation coefficient, LaA Lauric acid, MyA Myristic acid, PA Palmitic acid, StA Stearic acid, OlA Oleic acid, LiA Linoleic acid, DGLA Dihomogammalinolenic acid, AA Arachidonic acid, ALA Alpha-linolenic acid, EPA Eicosapentaenoic acid, DHA Docosahexaenoic acid, n-6 n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, n-3 n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids