Table 4. Fatty acid intakes (g/day) assessed with DR³ for 28- or 14-days and FFQ⁴ in 4 areas and correlations.

	DR			FFQ			% difference	Spearman correlation
	Mean	± SD	Median	Mean	± SD	Median		Crude	Energy-adjusted1	% of TFA2
Men (n=102)
SFA2	16.0	± 3.5	16.2	17.8	± 9.0	16.6	11	0.43	0.61	0.43
14:0	1.2	± 0.4	1.2	1.4	± 1.0	1.2	19	0.52	0.53	0.48
16:0	9.9	± 2.0	10.1	9.6	± 4.7	9.0	-3	0.38	0.61	0.30
18:0	3.6	± 0.9	3.7	4.0	± 2.1	3.7	11	0.44	0.63	0.53
MUFA2	19.6	± 3.8	19.4	23.3	± 10.8	22.3	19	0.30	0.50	0.30
16:1	1.2	± 0.3	1.1	1.1	± 0.6	1.0	-5	0.20	0.32	0.11
18:1	17.0	± 3.5	17.0	20.0	± 9.4	19.2	18	0.33	0.53	0.53
PUFA2	15.8	± 3.0	15.6	14.5	± 6.6	13.2	-9	0.16	0.27	0.43
n-3 PUFA	3.5	± 0.9	3.4	3.7	± 2.1	3.3	6	0.27	0.21	0.65
18:3n-3	1.8	± 0.4	1.8	2.1	± 1.0	1.9	12	0.13	0.27	0.11
20:5n-3	0.6	± 0.3	0.5	0.4	± 0.4	0.3	-20	0.44	0.38	0.62
22:5n-3	0.1	± 0.1	0.1	0.1	± 0.1	0.1	-15	0.38	0.32	0.59
22:6n-3	0.9	± 0.4	0.8	0.7	± 0.6	0.5	-15	0.40	0.34	0.61
n-6 PUFA	12.3	± 2.5	12.1	10.8	± 4.7	10.0	-12	0.15	0.30	0.21
18:2n-6	12.2	± 2.5	12.0	9.2	± 4.3	8.3	-24	0.16	0.29	0.12
20:3n-6	0.0	± 0.0	0.0	0.0	± 0.0	0.0	-11	0.42	0.39	0.29
20:4n-6	0.2	± 0.0	0.2	0.2	± 0.1	0.1	-17	0.28	0.32	0.32
n-6/n-3 ratio	3.7	± 0.9	3.6	3.2	± 0.7	3.2	-14	0.40
PUFA/SFA ratio	1.0	± 0.2	1.0	0.9	± 0.3	0.8	-16	0.41
TFA2	51.9	± 9.3	53.2	55.7	± 25.0	52.8	7	0.29	0.52
Women (n=113)
SFA	14.9	± 3.5	14.6	17.6	± 9.2	15.3	18	0.26	0.60	0.45
14:0	1.2	± 0.4	1.2	1.5	± 0.9	1.3	22	0.44	0.53	0.38
16:0	8.9	± 1.9	8.6	9.4	± 5.0	8.1	5	0.22	0.59	0.43
18:0	3.4	± 0.9	3.2	3.9	± 2.1	3.4	17	0.21	0.58	0.46
MUFA	17.5	± 3.6	17.0	23.0	± 14.1	19.3	32	0.13	0.44	0.30
16:1	1.0	± 0.3	1.0	1.0	± 0.7	0.9	3	0.21	0.34	0.28
18:1	15.2	± 3.3	15.0	19.9	± 12.2	16.8	31	0.14	0.48	0.40
PUFA	13.8	± 2.6	13.5	14.6	± 10.4	12.2	6	0.16	0.24	0.50
n-3 PUFA	3.0	± 0.7	2.9	3.7	± 3.1	2.9	26	0.31	0.34	0.56
18:3n-3	1.7	± 0.4	1.7	2.2	± 1.6	1.8	33	0.08	0.25	0.19
20:5n-3	0.5	± 0.2	0.4	0.4	± 0.6	0.3	-2	0.45	0.45	0.55
22:5n-3	0.1	± 0	0.1	0.1	± 0.1	0.1	4	0.40	0.39	0.51
22:6n-3	0.7	± 0.3	0.7	0.7	± 0.8	0.5	2	0.41	0.37	0.50
n-6PUFA	10.8	± 2.1	10.7	10.9	± 7.4	9.4	1	0.11	0.21	0.34
18:2n-6	10.7	± 2.1	10.6	9.6	± 7.1	8.1	-11	0.10	0.22	0.27
20:3n-6	0.0	± 0.0	0.0	0.0	± 0.0	0.0	-4	0.40	0.43	0.27
20:4n-6	0.2	± 0.0	0.2	0.2	± 0.1	0.1	-6	0.24	0.25	0.29
n-6/n-3 ratio	3.8	± 0.8	3.6	3.2	± 0.7	3.1	-16	0.37
PUFA/SFA ratio	1.0	± 0.2	0.9	0.8	± 0.2	0.8	-13	0.49
TFA	46.6	± 8.9	46.2	55.4	± 32.6	48.3	19	0.16	0.47

¹Energy was adjusted by residual model for intake.

²TFA, total fatty acid; SFA, saturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid.

³DR, dietary records.

⁴FFQ, food frequency questionnaire.

For n=102, r>0.20 = p<0.05, r>0.26 = p<0.01, r>0.33 = p<0.001.

For n=113, r>0.19 = p<0.05, r>0.25 = p<0.01, r>0.31 = p<0.001.