Table 3.
Comparison of the percentages of FFA in the plasma of men with CKD vs. the control group
| PARAMETER | MEN (CKD) | CONTROL | p.value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEAN | SD | MEAN | SD | ||
| C 8:0 Caprylic acid | 0.0073 | 0.033 | 0.0611 | 0.024 | p < 0.05 |
| C10:0 Capric acid | 0.9849 | 0.624 | 0.0098 | 0.020 | p < 0.05 |
| C11:0 Undecanoic acid | 0.0236 | 0.015 | 0.0636 | 0.021 | p < 0.05 |
| C12:0 Lauric acid | 0.1460 | 0.117 | 0.1556 | 0.069 | NS |
| C14:0 Myristic acid | 1.3045 | 0.793 | 1.2106 | 0.337 | NS |
| C14:1 Myristolenic acid | 0.0788 | 0.072 | 0.0783 | 0.077 | NS |
| C15:0 Pentadecanoid acid | 0.3474 | 0.142 | 0.2779 | 0.064 | p < 0.05 |
| C16:0 Palmitic acid | 28.616 | 1.975 | 26.598 | 2.097 | p < 0.05 |
| C16:1 Palmitoleic acid | 1.8664 | 0.812 | 1.4488 | 0.524 | p < 0.05 |
| C17:0 Heptadecanoid acid | 0.3413 | 0.082 | 0.4520 | 0.050 | p < 0.05 |
| C17:1 cis-10- Heptadecanoid acid | 0.1155 | 0.088 | 0.1347 | 0.059 | NS |
| C18:0 Stearic acid | 11.469 | 1.451 | 13.145 | 2.073 | p < 0.05 |
| C18:1n9 ct Oleic acid | 22.933 | 3.232 | 19.585 | 2.435 | p < 0.05 |
| C18:1 tans vaccinic acid | 2.1048 | 0.304 | 1.7612 | 0.228 | p < 0.05 |
| C18:2n6c Linoleic acid | 16.856 | 3.385 | 20.509 | 2.009 | p < 0.05 |
| C18:3n6 gamma linoleic acid | 0.1980 | 0.090 | 0.2206 | 0.093 | NS |
| C18:3n3 linolenic acid | 0.6846 | 0.307 | 0.5976 | 0.230 | NS |
| C20:0 Arachidic acid | 0.1623 | 0.051 | 0.1548 | 0.083 | NS |
| C22:1/C20:1 cis11- eicosanic acid | 0.2369 | 0.079 | 0.2209 | 0.088 | NS |
| C20:2 cis-11-eicodienoic acid | 0.2041 | 0.063 | 0.1820 | 0.018 | NS |
| C20:3n6 eicosatrienoic acid | 1.0763 | 0.260 | 1.3352 | 0.340 | p < 0.05 |
| C20:4n6 Arachidonic acid | 5.7957 | 1.278 | 6.4857 | 1.429 | NS |
| C20:5n3 EPA | 0.7535 | 0.466 | 1.4693 | 1.193 | p < 0.05 |
| C22:0 Behenic acid | 0.0531 | 0.046 | 0.0148 | 0.032 | p < 0.05 |
| C23:0 tricosanoic acid | 0.2310 | 0.400 | 0.0555 | 0.065 | p < 0.05 |
| C22:4n6 (docosatetraenoate) | 0.3210 | 0.199 | 0.1295 | 0.032 | p < 0.05 |
| C22:5w3 (docosapentaenate) | 0.5764 | 0.172 | 0.6740 | 0.083 | p < 0.05 |
| C24:0 Lignoceric acid | .0.3034 | 0.852 | 0.5165 | 0.882 | NS |
| C22:6n3 DHA | 1.912 | 0.664 | 2.1039 | 1.576 | p < 0.05 |
| C24:1 Nervonic acid | 0.0566 | 0.075 | 0 | 0 | p < 0.05 |
| n3 | 3.8038 | 1.227 | 4.8446 | 1.890 | p < 0.05 |
| n6 | 23.496 | 4.886 | 28.680 | 3.825 | p < 0.05 |
| SFA | 42.979 | 7.470 | 42.712 | 3.987 | NS |
| MUFA | 27.034 | 5.523 | 23.228 | 2.786 | p < 0.05 |
| PUFA | 27.692 | 5.524 | 33.706 | 3.759 | NS |
| C18:3n6/C22:4n6 | 0.9261 | 0.931 | 1.7037 | 0.999 | p < 0.05 |