Table 3.

Relationship between SROS and PUFAs (Correlation coefficient).

		AA	DGLA	AA/DGLA	EPA	DHA
Male
young-age	r	0.121	0.201 *	−0.154	0.022	0.081
	p value	0.161	0.019	0.074	0.799	0.347
middle-aged	r	0.090	0.266 **	−0.253 **	−0.134	0.019
	p value	0.300	0.002	0.003	0.124	0.829
old-age	r	−0.012	0.082	−0.169	0.001	−0.019
	p value	0.914	0.462	0.129	0.995	0.868
Female
young-age	r	0.169 *	0.291 **	−0.231 **	−0.006	0.061
	p value	0.033	0.000	0.003	0.939	0.446
middle-aged	r	0.124	0.191 **	−0.123	0.038	0.142 *
	p value	0.062	0.004	0.063	0.566	0.032
old-age	r	0.140	0.185 *	−0.143	−0.044	0.069
	p value	0.080	0.020	0.073	0.585	0.389

Pearson correlation coefficients between neutrophil SROS production (CFI) × Neutrophil counts, ×10⁶ and PUFAs (μg/mL). ** Correlation is significant at p < 0.01 * Correlation is significant at p < 0.05. AA: arachidonic acid, CFI: cumulative fluorescence intensity, DGLA: dihomo gamma linolenic acid, DHA: docosahexaenoic acid, EPA: eicosapentaenoic acid, PUFAs: polyunsaturated fatty acids, SROS: stimulated reactive oxygen species.