TABLE 3.

Spearman rank correlation coefficients between serum FAs measured as their NEFAs or total (hydrolyzed) FA fraction compared with full-fat dairy daily servings and total fiber in pregnant women (n = 50) with contrasting diets from the FAMILY study

Serum FAs	Full-Fat Dairya (servings/day)		Total Fiberb (g/day)
	r	P	r	P
NEFAs
Myristic acid (14:0)	0.30*	0.034	0.040	0.76
Pentadecanoic acid (15:0)	0.43**	0.0020	0.12	0.39
Heptadecanoic acid (17:0)	0.21	0.15	−0.26	0.86
Total FAs
Myristic acid (14:0)	0.35*	0.016	0.11	0.48
Pentadecanoic acid (15:0)	0.33*	0.023	0.22	0.14
Heptadecanoic acid (17:0)	0.29*	0.043	0.29*	0.050

*P < 0.05 and **P < 0.01.

^aDaily average servings of full-fat dairy products estimated from the FFQ, including intake of cream of any kind, whole milk, milk, cottage/ricotta cheese, cream cheese, sour/whipping cream, and full-fat cheese.

^bDaily average intake of total fiber from various dietary sources estimated from the FFQ.