Table 5.

Comparison of the percentages of FFA in the plasma of men with CKD vs. women with CKD

PARAMETER	WOMEN (CKD)		MEN (CKD)		p.value
	MEAN	SD	MEAN	SD
C 8:0 Caprylic acid	0.0071	0.022	0.0073	0.033	NS
C10:0 Capric acid	0.8944	0.638	0.9849	0.624	NS
C11:0 Undecanoic acid	0.0209	0.13	0.0236	0.015	NS
C12:0 Lauric acid	0.1570	0.118	0.1460	0.117	NS
C14:0 Myristic acid	1.3306	0.605	1.3045	0.793	NS
C14:1 Myristolenic acid	0.0877	0.063	0.0788	0.073	NS
C15:0 Pentadecanoid acid	0.3476	0.133	0.3474	0.142	NS
C16:0 Palmitic acid	27.8720	2.781	28.6156	1.976	NS
C16:1 Palmitoleic acid	1.9987	0.678	1.8664	0.812	NS
C17:0 Heptadecanoid acid	0.3519	0.088	0.3413	0.082	NS
C17:1 cis-10- Heptadecanoid acid	0.1141	0.102	0.1155	0.088	NS
C18:0 Stearic acid	10.9030	1.855	11.4695	1.451	p < 0.05
C18:1n9 ct Oleic acid	22.8030	4.134	22.9331	3.232	NS
C18:1 tans vaccinic acid	1.9982	0.331	2.1048	0.304	p < 0.05
C18:2n6c Linoleic acid	17.8470	2.910	16.8563	3.385	NS
C18:3n6 gamma linoleic acid	0.2418	0.123	0.1980	0.090	p < 0.05
C18:3n3 linolenic acid	0.6727	0.307	0.6846	0.307	NS
C20:0 Arachidic acid	0.1449	0.051	0.1623	0.051	p < 0.05
C22:1/C20:1 cis11- eicosanic acid	0.2247	0.116	0.2369	0.079	NS
C20:2 cis-11-eicodienoic acid	0.1893	0.059	0.2041	0.063	NS
C20:3n6 eicosatrienoic acid	1.1222	0.294	1.0763	0.260	NS
C20:4n6 Arachidonic acid	5.9699	1.299	5.7957	1.278	NS
C20:5n3 EPA	0.7960	0.371	0.7535	0.466	NS
C22:0 Behenic acid	0.0545	0.041	0.0531	0.046	NS
C22:1n9 13 (Erucic acid	0.2412	1.025	0.2797	1.577	NS
C23:0 tricosanoic acid	0.2924	0.547	0.2310	0.400	NS
C22:4n6 (docosatetraenoate)	0.3395	0.223	0.3203	0.205	NS
C22:5w3 (docosapentaenate)	0.5866	0.128	0.5764	0.172	NS
C24:0 Lignoceric acid	0.4644	0.769	0.3034	0.852	NS
C22:6n3 DHA	2.0641	0.538	1.9231	0.660	NS
C24:1 Nervonic acid	0.0582	0.068	0.0573	0.075	NS
n3	3.9500	1.108	3.8038	1.234	NS
n6	24.8700	4.869	23.4958	4.914	NS
SFA	42.1493	6.306	42.9788	7.513	NS
MUFA	27.0751	5.744	27.0343	5.555	NS
PUFA	29.0583	5.268	27.6924	5.556	NS
C18:3n6/C22:4n6	2.8162	2.760	2.9674	2.551	NS