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. 2021 Jul 1;53(1):848–859. doi: 10.1080/07853890.2021.1936151

Table 3.

The proportion of fatty acids in two study groups of pregnant women with type 1 diabetes pregnant women.

Ta Intervention group (n = 42) Control group (n = 42) p
Palmitic acid (C16:0) in the first trimester 25.4a (24.4–26.2) 26.1 (24.2–27.0) .131
Palmitic acid (C16:0) in the second trimester 26.9 (26.0–28.5) 27.0 (25.8–28.8) .799
Palmitic acid (C16:0) in the third trimester 28.2a (27.1–29.2) 27.7 (26.5–29.2) .168
Stearic acid (C18:0) in the first trimester) 8.8b (8.4–9.5) 8.9 (8.0–9.2) .287
Stearic acid (C18:0) in the second trimester 8.0 (7.6–8.7) 7.8 (7.3–8.5) .299
Stearic acid (C18:0) in the third trimester 7.3b (6.6–7.7) 7.1 (6.5–7.8) .970
SFAs in the first trimester 36.2 (35.5–37.5) 37.1 (35.6–38.5) .117
SFAs in the second trimester 37.4 (36.4–38.6) 37.4 (35.7–39.7) .938
SFAs in the third trimester 37.6 (36.8–38.9) 37.4 (36.5–39.0) .893
Palmitoleic acid (C16:1 n-7) in the forst trimester 1.1 (1.0–1.4) 1.1 (0.7–1.5) .863
Palmitoleic acid (C16:1 n-7) in the second trimester 1.2 (0.9–1.7) 1.1 (0.8–1.4 .289
Palmitoleic acid (C16:1 n-7) in the third trimester 1.4 (1.0–2.0) 1.3 (0.5–1.5) .204
Oleic acid (C18:1 n-9) in the first trimester 16.2 (15.2–19.1) 15.7 (14.2–18.0) .242
Oleic acid(C18:1 n-9) in the second trimester 16.4 (15.0–17.8) 15.9 (14.6–17.7) .226
Oleic acid(C18:1 n-9) in the third trimester 17.8 (16.2–19–3) 17.2 (16.6–19.2) .996
MUFA in the first trimester 18.4 (17.2–21.6) 17.8 (16.0–20.4) .117
MUFAs in the second trimester 19.0 (17.3–20.6) 17.8 (16.3–20.1) .089
MUFAs in the third trimester 20.2 (18.5–21.7) 20.0 (18.1–21.6) .507
α-linolenic acid (C18:3 n-3) in the first trimester 0.0 (0.0–0.6) 0.0 (0.0–0.7) .805
α-linolenic acid (C18:3 n-3) in the second trimester 0.5 (0.3–0.6) 0.5 (0.0–0.5) .255
α-linolenic acid (C18:3 n-3) in the third trimester 0.5 (0.4–0.7) 0.5 (0.4–0.6) .152
Eicosapentanoic acid in the first trimester (C20:5 n-3) 0.9 (0.7–1.0) 0.9 (0.5–1.1) .760
Eicosapentanoic acid in the second trimester (C20:5 n-3) 0.8 (0.6–0.9) 1.0 (0.7–1.1) .017
Eicosapentanoic acid in the third trimester (C20:5 n-3) 0.7 (0.6–1.9) 0.9 (0.6–1.1) .290
Docosahexaenoic acid in the first trimester (C22:6 n-3) 1.7c (1.3–2.1) 1.6 (1.4–2.0) .672
Docosahexaenoic acid in the second trimester (C22:6 n-3) 2.7 (2.2–3.4) 2.0 (1.8–2.4) .004
Docosahexaenoic acid in the third trimester (C22:6 n-3) 2.7c (2.2–3.3) 1.9 (1.4–2.3) <.001
n-3 PUFA in the first trimester 3.1d (2.5–4.1) 3.1 (2.3–4.1) .763
n-3 PUFA in the second trimester 4.3 (3.5–5.2) 3.4 (2.9–3.8) .001
n-3 PUFA in the third trimester 4.3d (3.3–5.0) 3.1 (2.7–3.9) <.001
Linoleic acid in the first trimester(C18:2 n-6) 29.4 (27.0–31.6) 29.6 (28.0–32.6 .355
Linoleic acid in the second trimester (C18:2 n-6) 27.9 (25.9–30.9) 30.8 (27.5.32.3) .037
Linoleic acid in the third trimester(C18:2 n-6) 27.9 (25.7–30.1) 30.2 (28.0–31.8) .013
γ-linolenic acid in the first trimester (C18:3 n-6) 0.3 (0.0–0.6) 0.0 (0.0–0.3) .037
γ-linolenic acid in the second trimester 0.4 (0.2–0.5) 0.0 (0.0–0.3) .001
γ-linolenic acid in the third trimester (C18:3 n-6 0.2 (0.0–0.4) 0.2 (0.0–0.3) .391
Arachidonic acid in the first trimester (C20:4 n-6) 8.2e (6.6–9.7) 8.4f (7.6.5–9.3) .301
Arachidonic acid in the second trimester (C20:4 n-6) 7.6 (6.3–8.2) 7.8 (6.7–8.8) .096
Arachidonic acid in the third trimester (C20:4 n-6) 6.5e (5.7–7.2) 7.0f (6.0–8.1) .060
n-6 PUFA in the first trimester 41.1g (37.9–42.8) 41.5 (39.9–43.3) .204
n-6 PUFA in the second trimester 38.2 (36.5–40.0) 41.3 (37.6–43.1) .013
n-6 PUFA in the third trimester 36.9g (35.3–39.0) 39.7 (38.2–40.9) .002
AA/DHA in the first trimester 4.8h (3.3–6.0) 5.1 (4.1–6.7) .214
AA/DHA in the second trimester 2.8 (2.2–3.4) 3.8 (3.3–4.6) <.001
AA/DHA in the third trimester 2.3h (2.0–3.0) 3.8 (3.0–4.5) <.001
LA/AA in the first trimester 3.5i (2.9–5.0) 3.8j (3.2–4.0) .764
LA/AA in the second trimester 4.0 (3.3–4.8) 4.0 (3.3–4.5) .731
LA/AA in the third trimester 4.3i (3.9–5.2) 4.5j (3.6–5.3) .792

LA: linoleic acid (C18:2n-6); AA: arachidonic acid (C:20:4n-6); p values in bold are significant, 1st and 3rd trimester of pregnancy a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,jp<.001;Wilcoxon signed-rank test, p Statistically significant at the Bonferroni-corrected α.