Lipids in Health and Disease

Table 4 Correlation between consumption of food fatty acids with plasma fatty acid concentration

From: The sociodemographic characteristics and dietary and blood plasma fatty acid profiles of elderly Saudi women with Alzheimer disease

		Food
Plasma		LA	AA	ALA	EPA	DHA	W6	W3	W6/W3
LA	Control	−0.332*	−.374*	0.084	− 0.378*	− 0.234	− 0.421**	− 0.030	− 0.102
LA	Alzheimer	0.041*	0.105	− 0.012	− 0.014	− 0.040	0.074	0.036	− 0.022
AA	Control	0.167	0.129	0.000	0.171	0.010	0.188	−0.022	0.144
AA	Alzheimer	−0.060	0.373*	−0.226	−0.127	− 0.027	−0.493**	− 0.230	−0.049
ALA	Control	−0.336	−0.200	0.227	−0.443	− 0.081	−0.304*	0.133	−0.291*
ALA	Alzheimer	0.072	0.082	0.309	−0.024	0.198	−0.133	0.071	0.045
EPA	Control	0.024	0.019	0.110	0.315**	0.057	−0.040	0.090	−0.042
EPA	Alzheimer	−0.033	−0.167	− 0.155	0.198*	0.018	−0.416*	− 0.132	0.017
DHA	Control	−0.369	−0.061	0.047	−0.069	0.322**	−0.198	− 0.077	−0.052
DHA	Alzheimer	0.091	0.290*	0.024	0.027	0.228	0.162	0.106	−0.186
W6	Control	−0.32*	−0.208	0.232	−0.443**	0.035	0.350*	0.134	−0.325*
W6	Alzheimer	−0.188	−0.009	0.192	0.104	0.117	0.055*	0.215	−0.004
W3	Control	−0.339*	−0.201	0.227	−0.444**	− 0.076	−0.310**	0.131	−0.292*
W3	Alzheimer	−0.077	0.081	0.003	−0.028	0.209	−0.136	0.065	0.039
W6/W3	Control	0.090	0.012	−0.051	− 0.101	0.422**	− 0.008	0.104	− 0.048
W6/W3	Alzheimer	−0.159	−0.090	− 0.042	0.024	0.036	0.215	−0.036	−0.222

*Correlations significant at P ≤ 0.05
**Correlations significant at P ≤ 0.001

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