. 2021 Mar 1;43(4):1783–1798. doi: 10.1007/s11357-021-00342-0

Table 2.

Mean values ± SEM of main plasma FA, expressed as mol% respect to the total FAs, in octogenarians (> 80 years) from an area of Sardinia that possesses a strikingly high number of long-living people (Old-HLZ), subjects (65–70 years) from the same zone (Young-HLZ) and octogenarians (> 80 years) from a different area with a distinctly lower level of longevity (Old-LLZ). To assess the statistical significance amongst groups, we performed the Kruskal-Wallis test (one-way ANOVA on ranks) followed by Dunn’s correction for multiple comparisons. Different letters indicate significant differences amongst groups (p≤0.05). (FA, fatty acid; PA, palmitic acid; SA stearic acid; POA, palmitoleic acid; OA, oleic acid; ALA, alpha-linolenic acid; EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; LA, linoleic acid; GLA, gamma-linolenic acid; ARA, arachidonic acid; CLA, conjugated linoleic acid; SFA, saturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated acid)

mol% of total plasma fatty acid
	Old-HLZ		Old-LLZ		Young-HLZ
	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM
14:0	1.36	0.07^a	1.74	0.17^a	1.64	0.14^a
15:0	0.42	0.05^a	0.29	0.02^a	0.64	0.04^b
16:0 (PA)	28.72	0.37^a	28.87	0.71^a	30.40	0.74^a
17:0	2.47	0.16^a	1.55	0.08^b	1.55	0.10^b
18:0 (SA)	7.09	0.17^a	6.87	0.18^a	9.22	0.27^b
16:1 (POA)	4.67	0.23^a,b	3.76	0.35^a	5.25	0.39^b
18:1 (OA)	22.56	0.55^a	23.71	1.53^a	21.15	0.83^a
18:3n3 (ALA)	0.27	0.01^a	0.34	0.02^b	0.32	0.03^a,b
20:5n3 (EPA)	0.71	0.09^a	0.48	0.05^a	0.44	0.05^a
22:6n3 (DHA)	1.29	0.06^a	1.46	0.11^a	1.47	0.13^a
18:2n6 (LA)	21.21	0.55^a	24.18	0.99^a	18.23	0.68^b
18:3n6 (GLA)	0.49	0.02^a	0.63	0.05^b	0.40	0.03^a
20:4n6 (ARA)	6.27	0.27^a	7.16	0.67^a	6.35	0.32^a
22:4n6	0.11	0.01^a	0.11	0.01^a	0.15	0.01^b
CLA	0.25	0.02^a	0.18	0.02^b	0.12	0.01^c
Total SFA	39.06	1.05^a	37.43	2.01^a	43.44	0.87^b
Total MUFA	27.26	0.51^a	27.31	1.37^a	26.49	0.84^a
Total PUFA	33.70	0.79^a,b	36.97	1.68^a	30.07	1.11^b
N of subjects	42		22		21