Fatty acid composition in serum cholesterol esters and phospholipids is linked to visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue content in elderly individuals: a cross-sectional study

Table 4 Fatty acids and desaturases in phospholipids in relation to body fat depots

	PA	LA	ALA	ln EPA	DHA	ln SCD	D5D	ln D6D
ln SAT
β	0.02	−0.05	−1.06	0.09	0.03	0.25	−0.11	0.03
P	0.42	<0.01	<0.01	0.19	0.24	0.01	<0.01	0.81
R2	0.20	0.26	0.24	0.20	0.20	0.22	0.22	0.27
pR2	0.0003	0.09	0.02	0.006	0.01	0.07	0.04	0.02
ln VAT
β	0.006	−0.08	−1.57	0.23	0.07	0.12	−0.17	0.02
P	0.85	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01	0.02	0.34	<0.01	0.89
R2	0.17	0.28	0.23	0.19	0.18	0.17	0.20	0.18
pR2	0.0002	0.08	0.05	0.01	0.009	0.00002	0.04	0.002
Total fat, g
β	34.1	−1063.6	−23269.7	1939.3	605.1	3871.2	−1826.9	331.9
P	0.94	<0.01	<0.01	0.12	0.17	0.04	0.02	0.88
R2	0.15	0.24	0.22	0.16	0.16	0.17	0.17	0.27
pR2	0.0008	0.11	0.05	0.007	0.008	0.04	0.04	0.008
Total fat, %
β	−0.10	−0.87	−19.4	2.06	0.56	3.25	−1.57	−0.32
P	0.79	<0.01	<0.01	0.04	0.12	0.03	0.01	0.85
R2	0.42	0.48	0.47	0.43	0.42	0.43	0.43	0.52
pR2	0.002	0.09	0.02	0.009	0.007	0.11	0.05	0.02
Trunk fat
β	−4.55	−639.6	−14518.5	1139.1	435.0	1667.6	−1325.6	220.7
P	0.99	<0.01	<0.01	0.12	0.10	0.13	<0.01	0.86
R2	0.15	0.24	0.22	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.18	0.20
pR2	0.0004	0.09	0.07	0.007	0.007	0.007	0.03	0.004
ln Leg fat
β	0.005	−0.04	−0.78	0.07	0.01	0.22	−0.05	0.02
P	0.82	<0.01	<0.01	0.17	0.60	<0.01	0.17	0.84
R2	0.31	0.37	0.35	0.32	0.31	0.34	0.32	0.41
pR2	0.00004	0.08	0.02	0.004	0.005	0.10	0.03	0.01
Trunk/Leg fat
β	−0.003	−0.04	−0.89	0.14	0.07	−0.11	−0.11	0.02
P	0.92	<0.01	<0.01	0.06	<0.01	0.31	0.02	0.90
R2	0.46	0.48	0.47	0.47	0.47	0.46	0.47	0.44
pR2	0.0003	0.004	0.02	0.005	0.002	0.06	0.0007	0.006

SAT, abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue; VAT, visceral adipose tissue; SCD1, stearoyl-CoA desaturase; D5D, delta-5 desaturase; D6D, delta-6 desaturase; PA, palmitic acid; LA, linoleic acid; ALA, alpha-linoleic acid; EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; pR2, partial R2
Multiple regression analyses with energy intake, height, alcohol intake, sex, smoking, education and physical activity as covariates

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