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Table 2 Independent associations between risk factors and desaturase activities in 5 lipid pools in regression models that also included African Caribbean ethnicity and Asian Indian ethnicity (partial correlation coefficients)

From: Ethnic variation in the activity of lipid desaturases and their relationships with cardiovascular risk factors in control women and an at-risk group with previous gestational diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study

 

BMI

Waist

Waist hip ratio

Systolic BP

Diastolic BP

Chol

Trig

HDL chol

Glucose

HOMA-IS

Stearoyl-CoA desaturase C16

     FF

0.20†

0.16*

0.00

0.09

0.04

−0.07

0.06

0.00

0.04

0.00

     TG

0.09

0.05

−0.01

0.07

0.04

−0.06

0.09

−0.01

−0.01

0.07

     CE

0.29 §

0.26§

0.22†

0.07

0.01

0.14

0.39§

−0.10

0.10

−0.03

     PL

0.27 §

0.18*

−0.02

0.12

0.06

0.03

0.20†

0.01

0.12

−0.09

Stearoyl-CoA desaturase C18

     FF

0.21†

0.18*

0.06

0.11

0.14

−0.13

0.02

−0.02

0.09

−0.03

     TG

−0.11

−0.15*

−0.12

−0.01

0.01

−0.08

−0.03

−0.05

−0.03

0.11

     CE

−0.07

−0.07

0.09

0.00

−0.05

0.05

0.01

0.01

−0.03

0.14

     PL

0.01

−0.05

−0.08

0.09

0.01

−0.13

−0.17*

0.13

−0.04

0.03

n-6 Δ-6 desaturase

     FF

0.01

0.07

0.04

0.05

0.08

−0.05

0.05

−0.09

−0.02

−0.08

     TG

0.10

0.12

0.12

−0.01

−0.04

0.16*

0.10

0.11

0.04

−0.13

     CE

0.26§

0.23†

0.12

−0.02

0.01

0.03

0.28§

−0.19†

−0.04

−0.12

     PL

0.20†

0.18*

0.14

0.06

−0.10

0.11

0.32§

−0.17*

−0.06

0.11

n-6 Δ-5 desaturase

     FF

−0.02

−0.01

−0.01

0.00

0.07

0.14

0.12

0.14

0.01

0.03

     TG

0.03

−0.02

−0.08

0.11

0.16*

−0.17*

−0.35§

0.13

−0.04

0.25§

     CE

−0.12

−0.13

−0.15*

0.15

0.12

0.02

−0.11

0.15*

0.20†

0.04

     PL

−0.22†

−0.21†

−0.21†

−0.01

−0.06

−0.16*

−0.37§

0.24†

0.06

0.01

n-3 Δ desaturase

     FF

0.00

0.04

−0.01

−0.07

−0.05

0.06

0.14

−0.02

−0.10

−0.08

     TG

0.14

0.12

0.07

−0.04

0.01

−0.03

−0.08

0.02

−0.08

0.12

     CE

0.05

−0.01

0.13

−0.08

−0.11

0.04

−0.14

0.22†

−0.04

−0.08

     PL

−0.08

−0.02

0.09

0.02

−0.11

0.09

−0.04

0.16*

−0.03

−0.12

African Caribbean

0.24†–0.34 §

0.18*–0.32 §

0.09–0.22†

0.15–0.20*

0.22†–0.27†

−0.07–0.04

−0.13–0.11

−0.02–0.08

−0.02–0.07

−0.22†–−0.13

Asian Indian

0.06–0.14*

0.01–0.08

−0.05–0.20†

−0.10–−0.01

−0.02–0.03

0.04–0.15*

0.20†–0.40§

−0.34§–−0.21†

−0.02–0.02

−0.03–0.07

  1. Abbreviations: TF total fatty acids; FF free fatty acids; TG triglycerides; CE cholesterol esters; PL phospholipids. Significances: * p < 0.05 (borderline); † p < 0.01; § p < 0.001.