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Table 3 Comparison of the percentages of FFA in the plasma of men with CKD vs. the control group

From: The C18:3n6/C22:4n6 ratio is a good lipid marker of chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression

PARAMETER

MEN (CKD)

CONTROL

p.value

MEAN

SD

MEAN

SD

C 8:0 Caprylic acid

0.0073

0.033

0.0611

0.024

p < 0.05

C10:0 Capric acid

0.9849

0.624

0.0098

0.020

p < 0.05

C11:0 Undecanoic acid

0.0236

0.015

0.0636

0.021

p < 0.05

C12:0 Lauric acid

0.1460

0.117

0.1556

0.069

NS

C14:0 Myristic acid

1.3045

0.793

1.2106

0.337

NS

C14:1 Myristolenic acid

0.0788

0.072

0.0783

0.077

NS

C15:0 Pentadecanoid acid

0.3474

0.142

0.2779

0.064

p < 0.05

C16:0 Palmitic acid

28.616

1.975

26.598

2.097

p < 0.05

C16:1 Palmitoleic acid

1.8664

0.812

1.4488

0.524

p < 0.05

C17:0 Heptadecanoid acid

0.3413

0.082

0.4520

0.050

p < 0.05

C17:1 cis-10- Heptadecanoid acid

0.1155

0.088

0.1347

0.059

NS

C18:0 Stearic acid

11.469

1.451

13.145

2.073

p < 0.05

C18:1n9 ct Oleic acid

22.933

3.232

19.585

2.435

p < 0.05

C18:1 tans vaccinic acid

2.1048

0.304

1.7612

0.228

p < 0.05

C18:2n6c Linoleic acid

16.856

3.385

20.509

2.009

p < 0.05

C18:3n6 gamma linoleic acid

0.1980

0.090

0.2206

0.093

NS

C18:3n3 linolenic acid

0.6846

0.307

0.5976

0.230

NS

C20:0 Arachidic acid

0.1623

0.051

0.1548

0.083

NS

C22:1/C20:1 cis11- eicosanic acid

0.2369

0.079

0.2209

0.088

NS

C20:2 cis-11-eicodienoic acid

0.2041

0.063

0.1820

0.018

NS

C20:3n6 eicosatrienoic acid

1.0763

0.260

1.3352

0.340

p < 0.05

C20:4n6 Arachidonic acid

5.7957

1.278

6.4857

1.429

NS

C20:5n3 EPA

0.7535

0.466

1.4693

1.193

p < 0.05

C22:0 Behenic acid

0.0531

0.046

0.0148

0.032

p < 0.05

C23:0 tricosanoic acid

0.2310

0.400

0.0555

0.065

p < 0.05

C22:4n6 (docosatetraenoate)

0.3210

0.199

0.1295

0.032

p < 0.05

C22:5w3 (docosapentaenate)

0.5764

0.172

0.6740

0.083

p < 0.05

C24:0 Lignoceric acid

.0.3034

0.852

0.5165

0.882

NS

C22:6n3 DHA

1.912

0.664

2.1039

1.576

p < 0.05

C24:1 Nervonic acid

0.0566

0.075

0

0

p < 0.05

n3

3.8038

1.227

4.8446

1.890

p < 0.05

n6

23.496

4.886

28.680

3.825

p < 0.05

SFA

42.979

7.470

42.712

3.987

NS

MUFA

27.034

5.523

23.228

2.786

p < 0.05

PUFA

27.692

5.524

33.706

3.759

NS

C18:3n6/C22:4n6

0.9261

0.931

1.7037

0.999

p < 0.05