. 2021 Apr 9;9:628496. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.628496

Table 3.

Correlation coefficient between single fatty acid proportions, estimated desaturase activities, and selected metabolic risk factors.

	16:1n-7 (wt%)	20:3n-6 (wt%)	17:0 (wt%)	18:3n-6 (wt%)	SCD1(16)	SCD1(18)	D5D	D6D
Anthropometric data
BMI (kg/m²)	0.41^***	0.54^***	−0.44^***	0.28^***	0.40^**	0.26^**	−0.50^***	0.50^***
Systolic BP (mmHg)	0.29^***	0.31^***	−0.24^***	0.29^***	0.27^**	0.25^**	−0.33^***	0.28^**
Waist-hip ratio	0.39^**	0.52^***	−0.47^***	0.30^***	0.38^***	0.20^**	−0.51^***	0.49^***
Waist-height ratio	0.47^***	0.55^***	−0.52^***	0.33^***	0.47^***	0.23^**	−0.51^***	0.53^***
Trunk fat (%)	0.50^***	0.50^***	−0.51^***	0.30^***	0.50^***	0.20^**	−0.45^***	0.48^***
Metabolic profiles
Fasting blood glucose (mg/dL)	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Insulin (μlU/ml)	0.44^***	0.48^***	−0.49^***	0.35^***	0.41^***	0.26^**	−0.46^***	0.48^***
HOMA-IR	0.45^***	0.43^***	−0.42^***	0.34^**	0.42^***	0.37^**	−0.49^***	0.44^***
Triglycerides(mg/dL)	0.51^***	0.22^**	−0.31^***	0.24^**	0.44^***	0.55^***	−0.42^***	0.27^***
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	0.26^***	0.23^***	−0.17^*	NS	0.25^**	0.15^*	−0.17^*	0.22^**
HDL-C (mg/dL)	NS	0.22^*	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	0.21^*
CMR scores	0.41^***	0.35^***	−0.46^***	0.27^**	0.38^***	0.36^***	−0.43^***	0.37^***

Results based on Pearson correlation analysis. Significance levels:

P < 0.05,

^**

P < 0.01,

^***

P < 0.001, NS: P > 0.05.