Plasma n-3 and n-6 fatty acids and inflammatory markers in Chinese vegetarians

Table 3 Partial correlations between plasma fatty acid compositions and plasma inflammatory factors

		20:4n-6	20:5n-3	22:6n-3	n-3 PUFA	n-6 PUFA	n-6/n-3
IL-1	V	0.125	-0.17	-0.1	-0.19	0.102	-0.19
	O	0.065	0.051	0.045	0.086	-0.112	0.11
IL-2	V	0.098	0.127	-0.13	-0.06	0.039	-0.06
	O	-0.063	-0.093	0.016	-0.04	0.007	-0.039
IL-6	V	-0.02	-0.02	-0.12	-0.13	-0.03	-0.1
	O	0.079	0.136	0.053	0.124	-0.15	0.155
IL-10	V	-0.14	0.037	0.041	0.083	-0.2	0.132
	O	-0.112	-0.154	-0.047	-0.171	-0.042	-0.15
TNF-α	V	0.241*	-0.09	-0.13	-0.14	0.207	-0.19
	O	0.071	-0.008	0.061	0.059	-0.096	0.08
LTB4	V	-0.08	-0.03	0.316*	0.077	-0.27*	0.136
	O	0.005	0.08	-0.122	-0.096	-0.14	-0.056
PGE2	V	0.106	-0.07	0.054	0.086	-0.04	0.08
	O	0.163	0.064	0.049	0.063	0.097	0.035
COX2	V	-0.11	-0.07	0.081	0.024	-0.17	0.079
	O	-0.045	0.123	0.113	0.116	-0.201	0.156

The associations of plasma PL fatty acids compositions with plasma inflammatory factors centration was tested by using pearson partial correlation model after controlling confounding factor(age, BMI).
Coef, partial correlation coefficient, O: omnivores, V: vegetarians, PL: phospholipids.
*p < 0.05.

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