Table 2.
Factor-loading matrix for four fatty acid patterns.
| Fatty acids | Name | Fatty acid patterns* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “SFA” pattern | “PUFA” pattern | “MUFA” pattern | “MLC-FA” pattern | ||
| Saturated fatty acids | |||||
| C6:0 | Caproic | −0.538 | |||
| C8:0 | Caprylic | 0.731 | |||
| C10:0 | Capric | 0.596 | |||
| C11:0 | Undecanoic | 0.702 | |||
| C12:0 | Lauric | 0.783 | |||
| C13:0 | Tridecanoic | 0.618 | |||
| C14:0 | Myristic | 0.848 | |||
| C15:0 | Pentadecanoic | 0.720 | |||
| C16:0 | Palmitic | 0.787 | |||
| C17:0 | Heptadecanoic | −0.642 | |||
| C18:0 | Stearic | 0.792 | |||
| C19:0 | Non-adecanoic | 0.586 | |||
| C20:0 | Arachidic | 0.559 | |||
| C22:0 | Behenic | 0.410 | |||
| Monounsaturated fatty acids | |||||
| C14:1 | Myristoleic | 0.519 | |||
| C15:1 | Pentadecanoic | −0.132 | |||
| C16:1 | Palmitoleic | 0.871 | |||
| C17:1 | Heptadecenoic | −0.549 | |||
| C18:1 | Oleic | 0.355 | |||
| C20:1 | Eicosenoic | 0.337 | |||
| C22:1 | Erucic | 0.088 | |||
| Polyunsaturated fatty acids | |||||
| C16:2 | Hexadecatrienoic | 0.577 | |||
| C18:2 | Linoleic | −0.486 | |||
| C18:3 | Octadecadienoic | 0.477 | |||
| C20:2 | Eicosadienoic | 0.695 | −0.592 | ||
| C20:3 | Eicosatrienoic | 0.433 | |||
| C20:4 | Arachidonic | 0.769 | |||
| C20:5 | Eicosapentaenoic | 0.658 | |||
| C22:3 | Docosatrienoic | 0.474 | |||
| C22:4 | Docosatetraenoic | 0.651 | |||
| C22:5 | Docosapentaenoic | 0.658 | |||
| C22:6 | Docosahexaenoic | 0.654 | |||
*
Four principal components explained 75.7% of the variation in all 32 fatty acids.