Table 3 Assessment of follicular fluid and serum FFAs level in pregnant and non pregnant women
From: The role of fatty acids on ICSI outcomes: a prospective cohort study
Fatty acid | Serum | Follicular fluid | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pregnancy positive | Pregnancy negative | P-value | Pregnancy positive | Pregnancy negative | P-value | |
Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD |  | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD |  | |
Palmitoleic (C16:1) | 29 ± 22.1 | 28.7 ± 22 | 0.96 | 42.3 ± 13.4 | 25.64 ± 2 | 0.35 |
Stearic (C18:0) | 39.12 ± 23.3 | 24.12 ± 16.5 | 0.36 | 12 ± 8.5 | 19 ± 12.2 | 0.43 |
Myristic (C14:0) | 4.72 ± 4 | 4.22 ± 4 | 0.54 | 3.02 ± 3.5 | 2.95 ± 3.3 | 0.92 |
Oleic (C18:1) | 188.26 ± 83 | 31.58 ± 65 | 0.32 | 18.14 ± 25.3 | 27 ± 54.04 | 0.41 |
Palmitic (C16:0) | 19 ± 47 | 34.44 ± 17.2 | 0.28 | 11 ± 9.3 | 25.38 ± 14 | 0.02 |
linolenic (C18:3) | 6.33 ± 4.2 | 6 ± 4 | 0.87 | 5.59 ± 4 | 6 ± 6.50 | 0.87 |
Arachidonic (C20:4) | 54.45 ± 16 | 44.58 ± 15 | 0.79 | 13.60 ± 48 | 14 ± 38.5 | 0.99 |
Linoleic (C18:2) | 48.54 ± 14 | 42.44 ± 140 | 0.84 | 19 ± 45 | 30.08 ± 10 | 0.57 |
Caproic (C6: 0) | 93.16 ± 13.6 | 56 ± 134 | 0.55 | 37.33 ± 85 | 31 ± 7.9 | 0.83 |
EPA (C20:5) | 23.06 ± 18 | 15.68 ± 9 | 0.006 | 21 ± 2.6 | 18.37 ± 9 | 0.61 |
Tricosanoic (C23:0) | 15.33 ± 6.01 | 14.42 ± 6 | 0.49 | 40 ± 131 | 18 ± 33.3 | 0.38 |
DHA (C22:6) | 101.09 ± 26 | 107.5 ± 339 | 0.93 | 53.5 ± 135 | 78 ± 16 | 0.52 |