Table 4.

The basal secreted fatty acid profile of PPAT dichotomized by Gleason score into a less aggressive “≤3 + 4” cohort and a more aggressive “≥4 + 3” cohort.

Fatty Acid (mol %)	≤3 + 4 (n = 29)	≥4 + 3 (n = 25)
SFA
14:0	2.58 ± 0.10	2.35 ± 0.12
15:0	0.11 ± 0.04	0.04 ± 0.02
16:0	22.09 ± 0.28	22.58 ± 0.19
17:0	0.83 ± 0.06	0.85 ± 0.06
18:0	15.76 ± 0.45	16.04 ± 0.43
20:0	0.63 ± 0.18	0.23 ± 0.11
22:0	0.07 ± 0.03	0.04 ± 0.03
24:0	0.60 ± 0.06	0.66 ± 0.06
MUFA
14:1 n-9	0.02 ± 0.02	0.06 ± 0.04
15:1 n-10	0.07 ± 0.05	0.17 ± 0.07
16:1 n-7	2.39 ± 0.12	2.54 ± 0.18
17:1 n-7	0.03 ± 0.03	0.01 ± 0.01
18:1 n-7	0.66 ± 0.07	0.69 ± 0.06
18:1 n-9	31.52 ± 0.62	30.75 ± 0.68
20:1 n-9	0.17 ± 0.05	0.24 ± 0.06
22:1 n-9	1.84 ± 0.43	1.55 ± 0.47
24:1 n-9	0.11 ± 0.03	0.03 ± 0.02 *
PUFA n-6
18:2 n-6	11.80 ± 0.34	12.24 ± 0.30
18:3 n-6	0.14 ± 0.06	0.06 ± 0.03
20:3 n-6	1.29 ± 0.08	1.28 ± 0.07
20:4 n-6	1.77 ± 0.11	1.92 ± 0.06
22:2 n-6	0.36 ± 0.05	0.35 ± 0.05
22:4 n-6	0.07 ± 0.05	ND
22:5 n-6	0.08 ± 0.08	ND
PUFA n-3
18:3 n-3	2.17 ± 0.10	2.32 ± 0.06
20:5 n-3	1.01 ± 0.05	1.05 ± 0.06
22:5 n-3	1.56 ± 0.08	1.73 ± 0.05
22:6 n-3	0.27 ± 0.05	0.26 ± 0.06
Summary statistics
∑ SFA	42.67 ± 0.64	42.77 ± 0.55
∑ MUFA	36.83 ± 0.73	36.03 ± 0.73
∑ PUFA	20.50 ± 0.59	21.21 ± 0.41
∑ n-6	14.98 ± 0.65	15.85 ± 0.32
∑ n-3	4.84 ± 0.29	5.36 ± 0.15

Mean ± SEM are shown. * p < 0.05 by a Student t-test. SFA: saturated fatty acid; MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acid.