Table 5.
Serum fatty acids across quintiles1 of the simplified dietary patterns scores. Female and male populations NHANES 2011–2012.
| Simplified dietary pattern 1 | Simplified dietary pattern 2 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low adherence 1st quintile |
Moderate adherence 3rd quintile |
High adherence 5th quintile |
p value | Low adherence 1st quintile |
Moderate adherence 3rd quintile |
High adherence 5th quintile |
p value | |
|
Serum fatty acids Female (n = 771) |
Foods rich in Zn and PUFAs | Foods rich in Zn and Poor in PUFAs | ||||||
| Dihomo-γ-linolenic acid (20:3n-6) (μmol/L) | 160 (49.6–391) | 154 (42.6–372) | 157 (54–465) | 0.56 | 151 (52.6–311) | 148.5 (49.6–372) | 162.5 (67–465) | < 0.01 |
| Linoleic acid/ Dihomo-γ-linolenic acid ratio (μmol/L) | 23.6 (9.9–64) | 25.9 (10.5–91) | 24.3 (8.8–72.5) | 0.55 | 25.7 (11.5–69.3) | 26.5 (9.1–72.5) | 22.9 (8.9–46.3) | < 0.01 |
|
Serum fatty acids Male (n = 843) |
Foods rich in Zn and PUFAs | Foods Rich in Zn and Poor in PUFAs | ||||||
| Dihomo-γ-linolenic acid (20:3n-6) (μmol/L) | 142 (52–324) | 152 (50.7–436) | 147 (40.6–426) | 0.71 | 142 (40.6–342) | 148 (50.5–436) | 149 (59.0–456) | 0.14 |
| Linoleic acid/ Dihomo-γ-linolenic acid ratio (μmol/L) | 25.1 (9.5–66.2) | 24.8 (8.2–57.3) | 24.5 (11.9–117) | 0.48 | 25.4 (13.6–117) | 24.2 (8.2–66.2) | 24.1 (12.5–62) | 0.06 |
1Differences throughout quintiles for continuous variables were tested using linear trend. The top number in each cell is the median value and the data in parenthesis is the range.