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Table 1 Spearman's correlation coefficients between dietary EPA, DHA and ARA intake and the corresponding FA composition of plasma TG, EC, and PL and erythrocyte PL in YM-G, YW-G, EM-G, EW-G, and ALL-G

From: Associations between dietary n-6 and n-3 fatty acids and arachidonic acid compositions in plasma and erythrocytes in young and elderly Japanese volunteers

  

Plasma TG

Plasma EC

Plasma PL

Erythrocyte PL

20:5n-3 (EPA)

YM-G

0.617

**

0.611

**

0.665

**

0.693

**

 

YW-G

0.188

 

0.457

*

0.407

*

0.829

***

 

EM-G

0.770

***

0.691

***

0.840

***

0.905

***

 

EW-G

0.599

***

0.404

*

0.692

***

0.604

***

 

All-G

0.658

***

0.654

***

0.704

***

0.852

***

22:6n-3 (DHA)

YM-G

0.392

 

0.326

 

0.571

**

0.284

 
 

YW-G

0.276

 

0.408

*

0.608

***

0.500

**

 

EM-G

0.703

***

0.550

**

0.476

*

0.112

 
 

EW-G

0.207

 

0.186

 

0.220

 

0.281

 
 

All-G

0.508

***

0.631

***

0.381

***

0.446

***

20:4n-6 (ARA)

YM-G

-0.269

 

-0.313

 

-0.253

 

-0.095

 
 

YW-G

0.166

 

0.248

 

0.199

 

-0.047

 
 

EM-G

0.193

 

-0.015

 

0.016

 

0.053

 
 

EW-G

-0.035

 

0.186

 

0.087

 

-0.181

 
 

All-G

0.012

 

-0.046

 

-0.085

 

-0.238

*

  1. Abbreviations: FA, fatty acids; TG, triacylglycerol; EC, esterified cholesterol; PL, phospholipids; EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; ARA, arachidonic acid; YM-G, young men group; YW-G, young women group; EM-G, elderly men group; EW-G, elderly women group, All-G, all subjects group.
  2. *P < 0.05;**P < 0.01;***P < 0.001.