Table 8. Serum phospholipid fatty acid level classified with quintiles of the intakes assessed with FFQ¹ for corresponding fatty acids (% of TFA²) in men.

	Lowest		Second			Third			Fourth			Highest
	mean	± SD	mean	± SD	ratio3	mean	± SD	ratio3	mean	± SD	ratio3	mean	± SD	ratio3
	n=17		n=18			n=18			n=18			n=17
SFA2	47.0	± 2.7	48.0	± 2.1	1.02	47.8	± 3.3	1.02	47.1	± 3.3	1.00	47.1	± 2.2	1.00
14:0	0.4	± 0.1	0.4	± 0.1	1.20	0.4	± 0.1	1.05	0.4	± 0.2	1.10	0.5	± 0.4	1.33
16:0	29.3	± 2.4	28.9	± 2.1	0.99	28.8	± 1.7	0.98	28.3	± 2.8	0.97	28.2	± 2.6	0.96
18:0	15.0	± 1.7	14.6	± 1.6	0.98	15.4	± 2.1	1.03	15.2	± 1.5	1.01	15.4	± 1.4	1.03
MUFA2	12.7	± 1.3	13.9	± 1.7	1.09	13.6	± 1.9	1.07	13.8	± 1.1	1.09	13.9	± 1.6	1.09
16:1	0.6	± 0.3	0.6	± 0.3	1.09	0.5	± 0.2	0.85	0.7	± 0.3	1.18	0.6	± 0.2	0.99
18:1	8.1	± 0.9	8.8	± 1.3	1.09	9.1	± 1.3	1.12	8.8	± 1.3	1.09	9.1	± 1.4	1.12
PUFA2	38.6	± 2.8	38.5	± 3.6	1.00	38.6	± 3.6	1.00	38.5	± 3.8	1.00	40.2	± 3.0	1.04
n-3 PUFA	10.0	± 2.3	10.2	± 2.4	1.02	12.1	± 2.7	1.21	13.9	± 3.1	1.39	15.5	± 2.5	1.55
18:3n-3	0.3	± 0.2	0.2	± 0.1	0.89	0.2	± 0.1	0.81	0.2	± 0.1	0.80	0.3	± 0.3	1.07
20:5n-3	2.3	± 0.8	3.0	± 1.2	1.34	3.6	± 1.3	1.58	4.1	± 1.6	1.80	5.4	± 1.3	2.38
22:5n-3	0.8	± 0.2	1.1	± 0.4	1.26	1.2	± 0.4	1.40	1.4	± 0.3	1.68	1.4	± 0.3	1.66
22:6n-3	6.1	± 1.1	6.9	± 1.2	1.13	6.8	± 1.7	1.12	8.2	± 1.7	1.36	8.4	± 1.6	1.38
n-6 PUFA	28.4	± 2.5	27.9	± 3.6	0.98	25.7	± 3.8	0.91	25.8	± 2.9	0.91	24.8	± 4.0	0.87
18:2n-6	17.7	± 3.0	17.4	± 3.4	0.98	18.4	± 3.4	1.04	16.5	± 2.4	0.93	16.8	± 3.1	0.94
20:3n-6	1.8	± 0.5	1.9	± 0.5	1.08	1.8	± 0.5	0.98	1.5	± 0.4	0.82	1.7	± 0.5	0.92
20:4n-6	6.6	± 1.7	7.1	± 1.5	1.08	6.3	± 1.5	0.95	6.2	± 0.9	0.94	5.8	± 1.3	0.88

¹FFQ, food frequency questionnaire.

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

³Ratio compared to the lowest quintile.