Table 8.

Correlation between liver Zn and Fe versus fatty acids.

	Zn		Fe
	r/rs	p	r/rs	p
C 16:0	0.042 rs	ns	0.079 rs	ns
C 18:0	0.594 rs	0.0004	−0.507 rs	0.003
C 18:1 n7	0.491 rs	0.005	−0.336 rs	0.05
C 18:1 n9	−0.244 r	ns	0.283 r	ns
C 18:2 n6	−0.376 rs	0.04	0.386 rs	0.03
C 20:4 n6	0.460 rs	0.009	−0.299 rs	ns
C 22:4 n6	−0.653 rs	0.0001	0.540 rs	0.002
C 22:5 n3	0.243 rs	ns	−0.037 rs	ns
C 22:6 n3	−0.220 rs	ns	0.067 rs	ns

r: Pearson’s correlation coefficient; rs: Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient; ns: p value not significant.