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. 2022 Oct 6;9(10):526. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering9100526

Table 12.

The correlation of erythrocytic fatty acid composition and hepatic histopathological analysis scores in rats.

Fatty Acids 1 Inflammatory Cell Infiltration Degeneration and Necrosis Fatty Change
r p Value r p Value r p Value
C14:0 0.149 0.544 0.151 0.538 0.556 0.513
C16:0 0.020 0.937 −0.272 0.260 −0.159 0.516
C16:1 0.200 0.411 0.054 0.827 0.250 0.303
C18:0 −0.105 0.669 0.096 0.695 0.232 0.340
C18:1 (n-9) 0.359 0.131 0.667 0.002 * 0.218 0.370
C18:2 (LA, n-6) −0.167 0.493 −0.565 0.012 * −0.287 0.233
C20:0 −0.117 0.633 −0.439 0.060 -0.384 0.105
C20:2 (n-6) −0.147 0.547 −0.252 0.298 −0.118 0.631
C20:3 0.353 0.138 0.121 0.622 0.044 0.860
C20:4 (AA, n-6) −0.108 0.661 0 0.987 −0.088 0.719
C20:5 (EPA, n-3) 0.030 0.906 −0.201 0.409 −0.224 0.356
C22:0 −0.330 0.167 0.042 0.864 -0.171 0.484
C22:4 0.129 0.599 0.345 0.148 0.050 0.838
C22:5 (DPA, n-3) −0.202 0.408 −0.377 0.111 0.017 0.943
C22:6 (DHA, n-3) −0.179 0.465 −0.091 0.710 −0.085 0.729
SFAs −0.127 0.604 −0.190 0.436 0.081 0.742
MUFAs 0.385 0.104 0.681 0.001 * 0.240 0.323
PUFAs −0.096 0.697 −0.207 0.395 −0.245 0.313
Total n-3 −0.144 0.556 −0.307 0.201 −0.219 0.368
Total n-6 −0.251 0.299 −0.387 0.102 −0.276 0.253
Total n-9 0.359 0.131 0.667 0.002 * 0.218 0.370
SFAs/MUFAs −0.307 0.201 −0.587 0.008 * −0.178 0.465
SFAs/PUFAs −0.028 0.907 0.090 0.715 0.247 0.307
MUFAs/PUFAs 0.210 0.389 0.465 0.045 * 0.353 0.138
SFAs/USFAs −0.155 0.527 −0.221 0.364 0.119 0.628
n-6/n-3 −0.281 0.245 0.041 0.865 −0.162 0.507
n-9/n-3 −0.199 0.414 0.080 0.746 −0.071 0.771
n-9/n-6 0.353 0.139 0.687 0.001 * 0.271 0.261

* Correlation is significant (p < 0.05). 1 LA, linoleic acid; ALA, alpha-linolenic acid; AA, arachidonic acid; EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; DPA, docosapentaenoic acid; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; SFAs, saturated fatty acids; MUFAs, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFAs, polyunsaturated fatty acids; USFAs, unsaturated fatty acids.