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Table 3 Spearman rank correlations between estimated desaturase activities in serum phospholipids and adipose tissue triacylglycerols and clinical variables.

From: Associations between estimated fatty acid desaturase activities in serum lipids and adipose tissue in humans: links to obesity and insulin resistance

  

BMI

HOMA- IR

  

r

P

n

r

P

n

SCD-16

PL

0.15

0.009

299

0.08

0.17

298

 

FFA

0.08

0.18

300

-0.16

0.006

299

 

AT-TAG

0.17

0.004

297

-0.02

0.78

296

SCD-18

PL

-0.31

0.000

299

-0.41

0.000

298

 

FFA

0.15

0.009

300

0.05

0.40

299

 

AT-TAG

0.35

0.000

297

0.24

0.000

296

D6D

PL

0.36

0.000

299

0.32

0.01

298

 

FFA

-0.13

0.37

51

-.0002

1.0

51

 

AT-TAG

0.36

0.000

297

0.34

0.000

296

D5D

PL

-0.30

0.000

299

-0.31

0.000

298

 

FFA

0.03

0.8

51

-0.16

0.27

51

 

AT-TAG

0.03

0.6

286

-0.04

0.46

285

  1. SCD Stearoyl-CoA-desaturase (SCD-16 = 16:1(n-7)/16:0, SCD-18 = 18:1(n-9)/18:0)
  2. D5D delta-5-desaturase (20:4(n-6)/20:3 (n-6))
  3. D6D delta-6-desaturase (20:3(n-6)/18:2 (n-6)
  4. PL Serum phospholipids
  5. AT TAG adipose tissue triacylglycerols
  6. BMI body mass index
  7. HOMA IR Homeostasis model of insulin resistance