Table 6.

Significant correlations between the groups of FAs by degree of unsaturation (saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated) of SAT and the parameters: %WL, %EBMIL, and plasma concentrations of IL-6 and TNF at collection times

FA group	Baseline	1 year’ surgery	3 years’ surgery	6 years’ surgery
Saturated FA		%WL r = − 0.359 p = 0.04
		%EBMIL r = − 0.41 p = 0.017
Polyunsaturated FA		%WL r = 0.33 p = 0.058
		%EBMIL r = 0.35 p = 0.04	%EBMIL r = 0.43 p = 0.01	%WL r = 0.35 p = 0.048
				%EBMIL r = 0.36 p = 0.042

FA fatty acid, SAT subcutaneous adipose tissue, %WL weight loss percentage, %EBMIL percentage of excess BMI that was lost., IL-6 interleukin 6, TNF tumor necrosis factor alpha. Correlation test: Spearman (p < 0.05)