Table 5.

The percentage of distribution of fatty acids from plasma phospholipid fraction in patients with hypertension (HTN), coronary heart disease (CHD), type 2 diabetes mellitus, and diabetic nephropathy that are common with advanced age.

Fatty Acid	Control	HTN	CHD	Type 2 DM	Diabetic Nephropathy
16:0	25.9 ± 3.0	29.3 ± 2.7 *	27.8 ± 3.5	26.6 ± 5.2	26.8 ± 2.7
18:0	20.9 ± 3.6	23.2 ± 4.9 *	18:0 ± 10.7	14.6 ± 4.1	11.6 ± 3.6 *
18:1 n−9	13.0 ± 2.3	12.1 ± 1.5	11.5 ± 3.1	12.0 ± 2.6	14.5 ± 3.1
18:2 n−6 (LA)	18.6 ± 3.1	14.5 ± 3.1 *	17.8 ± 5.0	13.9 ± 5.3	15.1 ± 3.1
18:3 n−6 (GLA)	0.14 ± 0.1	0.4 ± 0.3 *	0.1 ± 0.1 *	0.2 ± 0.3	0.1 ± 0.2
20:3 n−6 (DGLA)	3.4 ± 1.0	3.1 ± 0.9	2.7 ± 1.1	1.7 ± 1.0 *	2.0 ± 0.8 *
20:4 n−6 (AA)	9.4 ± 1.8	7.8 ± 2.0 *	7.0 ± 2.1 *	4.6 ± 1.8 *	6.6 ± 2.6 *
22:5 n−6	0.7 ± 0.4	0.4 ± 0.4 *	1.0 ± 0.9	2.1 ± 0.6 *	1.3 ± 0.5 *
18:3 n−6/18:2 n−6	0.008	0.026	0.005	0.017	0.008
20:4 n−6/18:2 n−6	0.51	0.54	0.39	0.33	0.43
20:4 n−6/20:3−6	2.8	2.53	2.59	2.8	3.3
18:3 n−3 (ALA)	0.2 ± 0.1	0.4 ± 0.2 *	0.3 ± 0.5	0.1 ± 0.2 *	0.1 ± 0.1 *
20:5 n−3 (EPA)	0.4 ± 0.4	0.6 ± 0.6	0.1 ± 0.2 *	0.3 ± 0.3	0.2 ± 0.3
22:5 n−3	0.5 ± 0.2	0.4 ± 0.5	0.3 ± 0.3 *	1.6 ± 1.3	1.7 ± 1.1
22:6 n−3 (DHA)	1.4 ± 0.5	1.2 ± 0.6	0.8 ± 0.4 *	0.5 ± 0.4 *	0.5 ± 0.3 *
20:5 n−3/18:3 n−3	1.8	1.39	0.41	3.2	4.0

All values are expressed as mean ± S. D. * p < 0.05 compared to control. This data is taken from [155].